[scifinoir2] Smith Angered over Hitler Remark

2007-12-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
Statements like this almost always get you in trouble, no matter what you intend. Whenever you say that an evil person didn't set out to do evil, it's bound to cause issues. I'm not sure what the exact quote from Smith is, as he obviously seems to think he was misquoted... ***

Re: [scifinoir2] Smith Angered over Hitler Remark

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
i hear you, i feel for celebs and the fishbowls in which they live. Then there are the ones who *seek* the press, yet bemoan their treatment. okay, so what did you say (or do) after this fire?! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know that, in

[scifinoir2] OT: Studies Show Dyslexics Make Great Entrepreneurs

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
Dyslexia forces you to look at things in totality and not just as a single chess move. I play out the whole scenario in my mind and then work through it.… All of my life, I've built organizations with a broad perspective in mind. -- John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems This is a fascinating

[scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go.

[scifinoir2] Re: National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
oh, speaking of certain low brow movies i do like-- Bad Santa. Don't forget Bad Santa. I laugh so hard everytime i see that crude movie, i almost bust a gut. My wife is horrified at how i can find humour in Billy Bob Thornton's portrayal of a crooked, soused Santa who curses at an innocent

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
:) -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] But...but...I *wanna* throw away my money! Mindless stupididty is my milieu! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one

Re: [scifinoir2] Smith Angered over Hitler Remark

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
dude! Did that get aired?! What did she do? That is the worst question a reporter can ask, yet they keep asking it... -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith, as I was standing in the parking lot of my complex, watching fire spatter across my roof,

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
to quote Martin, aarrrh!!! Tracey, if you tell me you liked Gone in Sixty Seconds and 3000 Miles to Graceland, I'll just have to go home and cry! :) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
lo siento! how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's quite good. The Iron Giant and The Incredibles come to mind. Even Robots or Madagascar are okay for adults to sit through once. But Alvin just seemed horrible to me from the trailers... -- Original

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
adding all e-mails from Martin to Spam folder... :) Wow! What did you like about it. Now I need to think of the worst, most panned movie that I like as my guilty pleasure. -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tracey, to put you at ease, I'm going

Re: [scifinoir2] Smith Angered over Hitler Remark

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
funny you mention the responsibility of the actors themselves. People like Redford, Newman, Morgan Freeman, the late Robert Urich--all live or lived outside of Hollywood and were very careful with interviews, where they hang out, etc. As for Smith, I just listened to a podcast of him on Tavis

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
man you had me spitting out the water i was drinking when i read this. LOL!! The movie-that-didn't-need-to-be-made?! I love it.! It is amazing what kids enjoy. Looking bad, rememeber all those great cartoons--from Bugs Bunny to Rocky and Bullwinkle to Fracture Fairy Tales--that had adult themes

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
Give it up, Tracey. Every parent is curse by one phenom of the times that he/she finds execrable, but which the kids love with a non-stop mania. It could be that purple dinosaur singing, non-stop, or those strange Teletubbies with their chirping noises and curious drug-induced-seeming plots. Or

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
How about, Kirk saving the day by outsmarting a super computer, causing it to self-destruct in self-loathing and unreconcilable programming loops? He did that with M5 (How will you atone for the sin of murder...This computer must die...), Nomad (Nomad, you've made three errors, you are flawed.

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
you're a naturist. Surely you can cook something up in the kitchen that can be smok--er, ingested--which will leave you pleasantly numb and detached, a never fadig plastic smile on your face, while allowing you to keep Kira entertained! -- Original message -- From:

RE: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
Among the most unlikely saves, that whole virus killing the alien network in ID4 ranks near the top. I was yelling at the screen when that happened (while the rest of the audience, i might add, was cheering). I kept thinking, how could a conquering race that's thousands of years ahead of us

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
yes indeed. -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] That outsmarting the computer theme seems to appear every season on the Original Star Trek and Next Generation [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about, Kirk saving the

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
Bad moment, but it's not technically a save. For a bad straight out save from Star Wars, how about Luke getting his a kicked by the cackling Emperor, whining Father! Help me please!. I always thought the conversion of Vader from this super bad buy who'd spent decades murdering his own former

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well, there's the time when two thousand Dominion ships were coming through the wormhole and the Prophets simply got rid of them. That might be the scene, since it was such a neat fix, but that's not the end of the War, technically. At the true end, Section 31 had of course infected the

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
you know, Tracey, just dicussing DS9 makes me nostalgic. I was up really late this morning, and Voyager was being shown on Spike TV at 1 am. I feel asleep, but when i awoke for a moment an hour or so later, i think i heard an ep of DS9 in the background. Fell asleep again, but remember feeling

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
that 2 am slot sucks. I could tape it, but the commercial interrruptions kill me, and Spike seems to be airing shows that have snippets cut here and there for timing. (it's worse for the OS series rerun, where I can easily detect the cuts). what are the tough times ahead? --

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
Both Conan movie finales. In the first Conan flick (which I love) i thought Conan overcoming Thulsa Doom's mental control to chop off his head was anticlimactic. He wobbled for a bit, then starts swinging the sword. Always feel let down by that one. And in Conan the Destroyer, the fight with

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
how is this possible??? I've never even *heard* of this film, let alone seen it! That *never* happens. Sounds like a classically bad flick. Gotta find it! -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry, folks...the ABSOLUTE worst save in Sci Fi history

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
i doubt it, unless i can get about fifty people in my house everytime i see a movie! :) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Agreed. While I think you are a die hard movie goer, The big screen changes the whole

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
LOL!! -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let me fix that...(big screen, big screen, big screen...) You can hav the big screen and buy the collections later...(big screen, big screen, big screen...) Everything will look so much better on that BIG

[scifinoir2] OT: Bhutto Apparently Killed in Attack

2007-12-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
Holy crap. I wonder who's behind this, and why she, of all the claimants for leadership of Pakistan, seems to have been the most viciously and consistently targeted? You know there will be major examinations of Musharif, but surely he's not involved...? News stories are extremely incomplete, so

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
you mean, why did he start babbling Error, error! Must analyze error! Faulty! Faulty! Must sterilize imperfection! ? You're right, they had time to put some anti-grav thingies on him, run through the corridors, and get him on the transporter pad. The funniest thing? Kirk *delays* transport

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
the mother of a friend of mine kept bees twenty years ago because she was developing arthritis. The bee stings definitely improved her condition greatly. Though, is there a way to get the benefit from the venom without getting stung? -- Original message -- From: Tracey

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
i don't like small TVs or screens. My living room TV is 32 and i can't wait to upgrade to a 42 or 50 plasma so i can watch it from the den as well. (that'll proabably be next Christmas, though). I really like to see detail on the screen, so small screens bug me. i like to be immersed in the

Re: [scifinoir2] Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
Hasselhoff too?! Oh that's just perfect! Now, tell me it's got Jimmy JJ Walker, the guy who played Mr. Drummond on Different Strokes, and a few other Love Boat rejects, and we're in business! -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Bhutto Apparently Killed in Attack

2007-12-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
that'd be a cleverly devious way to take some out: use the major event to scatter the crowd, get them in a panic, and then--when even the best security measures show gaps as they try to flee--take the target out. i'm really sad about this... -- Original message -- From:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Night Watch/ Day Watch- Seen them?

2007-12-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
Highlander with shape shifters, psychics, vampires, and lots of red tape? Sounds like the crappy last Highlander movie about the Source. That movie sucked beyond belief! -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tracey de Morsella wrote: Looking for some

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Can't Wait for Cloverfield

2007-12-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
is being as bleak as the Mist a bad thing? I meant to ask if anyone saw that film. Was it any good? -- Original message -- From: B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just hope they can keep the intensity and suspense at a high levels throughout the entire movie while dishing

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for Cloverfield

2007-12-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
yeah, though i still wonder, why is Abrams so fascinated with young people. all the main stars in Cloverfield seem to be in their early to mid-20s. Even the little blurb I read describes it as Five young New Yorkers. Hopefully, like with Lost, there'll be some old fogies my age who get meaty

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
i've only seen The Omega Man on network TV, so that scene was cut. I remember liking the movie, and shaking my head at the ending. You ever notice how many times in movies Heston died at the end, but in a noble, martyr-like way? In Omega man, he looks like nothing so much as Christ on the Cross

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for Cloverfield

2007-12-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
thanks for all the research, Tracey. Knew I could count on you! You know what, though? I'm going to avoid seeing any pictures of the beastie. Having come this far with the project so tightly under wraps, I think I'll wait until i'm in theatre to confront whatever it is, so I can be surprised.

Re: [scifinoir2] Conan was Re: Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
okay, okay, i'll give you some of that! But surely you can't defend that scene in the second flick when conan defeats the wizard by smashing all his mirrors! Was that corny or what? And what kind of idiot wizard lets a guy with a big A sword into a room full of breakable glass that's the source

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for Cloverfield

2007-12-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
that's my point. I liked movies and books about people my age, but a good scifi/fantasy film starring old folks would draw me just as much. And sometimes I like older characters because I like to see some of the experience, wisdom, or world-weariness they can bring to a role, while still being

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for Cloverfield

2007-12-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
and 18 -25 year olds only watch movies staring others their age? Wasn't that way when I was 18 - 25? That's up there with boys only watch movies about boys and whites only watch movies staring whites (and Will Smith) -- Original message -- From: Mike Street [EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for Cloverfield

2007-12-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
i hear you, it's just odd. I spent some time looking at all kinds of action/fantasy/scifi movies and TV shows from when I was younger. Did a lot of Star Trek research of course. The vast majority of the men and women in many roles are in their late 20s to late '30s. There doesn't seem to be a

Re: [scifinoir2] Conan was Re: Call for: Worse Saves In SciFi History

2007-12-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
it dampened my love for the stories. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, KeithBJohnson@ wrote: Both Conan movie finales. In the first Conan flick (which I love) i thought Conan overcoming Thulsa Doom's mental control to chop off his head was anticlimactic. He wobbled for a bit

Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for Cloverfield

2007-12-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
true, or maybe i'm just a contrarian! -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe the likelihood of the movie earning more money is raised with those demographics - or maybe our culture is just youth obsessed

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
no, refresh my memory on that one... -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pondering on this, Keith, I'm reminded that, in a sense, Heston has taken this into real life. From my cold dead fingers. Ring a bell? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've only seen

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
now i remember! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When Heston was president of the NRA, he gave a now-famous/infamous speech with regard to his right to keep and bear arms. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NRA... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no,

RE: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for Cloverfield

2007-12-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Can't Wait for Cloverfield Well then I'm one too, because I agree with much that you say KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: true, or maybe i'm just a contrarian! -- Original message -- From: Tracey

Re: [scifinoir2] SF Movies coming Up in 2008 - Vin Diesel

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
I think Diesel is trying to establish himself, and as you said, maybe some ego got in the way. Yet, he did that family-friendly flick where he was agent having to babysit a family, so surely that was just to please the crowd and make some dough (a la Eddie Murphy). A Man Apart was pretty good,

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
i'm still skeptical. Roger Ebert says your mouth hangs open--at how preposterous the movie is. Question: just because the stars are over 30, does that mean the movie is then for the 30+ audience? Can't youngsters in their 20s still go? That was my question to Tracey earlier: when I was in my

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
ever had a Meyers-Briggs analysis done on you? You sound like an introvert, which is not, as some think, a 'wall flower. Simply means you get a lot of energy internally, that you like to analyze things. Extroverts simply get more energy externally, from other people, but doesn't mean they're

RE: [scifinoir2] Plug Pulled on Netscape Navigator

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
This makes me very angry. My first foray into the Net was with AOL, which I loved for a while. Once I tired of it, I got MindSpring, an Atlanta-based company which later merged with Earthlink. Mindspring's browser of choice was Netscape Navigator. I loved everything about Netscape: the way you

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn/Charleston Heston

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
You know, i've always liked Heston. Yeah, he's a conservative, and his NRA rhetoric got on my nerves. But he is one of those old-school actors who always said what he felt. He didn't dissemble or demure for fear of damaging his career and rep: he told it like it was. Heston did a wide range of

Re: [scifinoir2] National Treasure 2 Rules Box Office - :(

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
stupididty is my milieu! KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net wrote: I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making National Treasure 2 the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago

Re: [scifinoir2] SF Movies coming Up in 2008

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
you think Dwayne Johnson--isn't that his given name? I hear he no longer wants to go by The Rock--killed Diesel's career? I didn't think so. Johnson has done well, but not gangbusters by any means. The Rundown was a good movie that established he has screen presence. I enjoyed it, but it

Re: [scifinoir2] Grindhouse #4: A Box Office Horror

2007-04-09 Thread KeithBJohnson
Actually, it opened where I expected. Films like that don't do big box office. Ironically, had it been a *real* piece-of-crap cheesy or gore-filled flick like The Cave or something, it'd have done twenty mill -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly

Re: [scifinoir2] Goyer Sells Green Arrow Pitch

2007-04-09 Thread KeithBJohnson
goyer's the one. I did an extensive list on him when the Blade series came out. He has some good stuff to his credit like Dark City, Batman Begins, and Threshold. Not sure what happened with Blade. I guess the guy behind Puppet Masters did that! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0333060/

[scifinoir2] OT: Imus Gets Two Week Suspension

2007-04-10 Thread KeithBJohnson
Basically, Imus gets to take a vacation. Big deal. I guarantee you the friendship, support, and possibly even future business deals he'll get from this will more than offset the loss of two weeks' pay. Glen Beck--another person whose existence in media I question--has already done the

Re: [scifinoir2] When She Graduates as He]

2007-04-10 Thread KeithBJohnson
Wow, this is fascinating. I won't pretend to understand the culture. My experience with transgender is extremely limited. I do, however, have some experience with young gays and lesbians. One thing I have noticed among some young women--not all, but some--is that they turn to lesbianism not

Re: [scifinoir2] Restless Leg Syndrome???

2007-04-10 Thread KeithBJohnson
I think I mentioned this before, about how i hate the taste of corn syrup as a sweetener versus good old cane sugar. I've also read that the biofuel programs starting to gear up are also focusing on the wrong type of biofuels, which I believe also benefits the corn guys? I think I read there's

Re: [scifinoir2] 'Grindhouse' To Be Split in Two?

2007-04-11 Thread KeithBJohnson
I think I disagree with this. I don't think the idea of a double-feature is that hard to grasp, even for youngsters who've never seen one before. Hell, I'm 43, and though I'm extremely familiar with the term, I never saw one at the theatre back in the day. I think it has more to do with whether

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Sponsors Abandon Imus

2007-04-11 Thread KeithBJohnson
I disagree in that nappy-headed would have been okay. That term is clearly aimed at black people, our hair, and is *not* uttered by a white person in anything that can be termed good humour or affection. Frankly the nappy-headed pissed me off more. It's singling out a specific trait of

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: viewers Walk Out on Grindhouse

2007-04-11 Thread KeithBJohnson
There you go! That's what I'm talking about, and your response is what Tarentino/Rodriguez were hoping for! -- Original message -- From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] I no longer care what movies gross. The only important thing is that they get made. I don't own stock in

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 'Grindhouse' To Be Split in Two?

2007-04-11 Thread KeithBJohnson
yeah, I hear that Planet Terror isn't thought to be as good as Death Proof. I still wish they could have left them together as one movie, though i admit that a three hour length is too long. -- Original message -- From: B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] I better get my butt

[scifinoir2] Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at age 84

2007-04-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
Martin, you were just talking to me about Vonnegut's work, which I guess I'll now be discovering posthumously for him. Again, I hate to admit I've never read any of his stuff. Love the quotes, especially this jab at teh Bushites: (upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography), or

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 'Grindhouse' To Be Split in Two?

2007-04-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
Kill Bill was three hours, and Tarentino and the studio therefore split it into Kill Bill Part 1 and Kill Bill Part 2, released a few month's apart. That seems to have worked. The LOTR flicks were all three hours long, but that's rare nowadays, and I think the density of the source material

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 'Grindhouse' To Be Split in Two?

2007-04-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
I agree. I know two guys at work who both have widescreen TVs and watch a lot of movies at home. Our conversations often include them telling me how it's taking two or three days to watch a film. They'll say things like Well, I got to this part of Lord of the Rings, but I stopped the DVD and

[scifinoir2] OT: Leon quits �Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,� apparently taking Forest Whitaker with him

2007-04-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
Interesting. The cast was a stellar one. I've seen Phyllicia Rashad in two plays here in Atlanta--Pearl Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky (which co-starred Tauren Blacque from Hill Street Blues) and Medea. She's great onstage, and I image Forrest would be a powerhouse as well. Kenny Leon is a

[scifinoir2] SciFi Friday is Back

2007-04-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well, at least Friday nights will be a little less boring for a while. Though, damn! A decade of me mostly ignoring Stargate: SG-1, seeing only a handful of shows, and when i *finally* start watching it's cancelled. :(I guess there's still Atlantis. Oh yeah, and PainKiller Jane, which was,

[scifinoir2] Painkiller Jane Series Premiere

2007-04-14 Thread KeithBJohnson
Anyone catch this besides me? Man, this was just awful: cliched, predictable, boring. Some of the stuff that hit me from the start: * Kristanna Loken isn't a very good actress. She was stiff and delivered her lines with all the emotion of a Vulcan. Maybe it was the dialogue and uninspired

Re: [scifinoir2] Painkiller Jane Series Premiere

2007-04-14 Thread KeithBJohnson
never saw the flick. I assume it sucked? -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] You mean like in BloodRayne??? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone catch this besides me? Man, this was just awful: cliched, predictable, boring. Some of the stuff that hit

[scifinoir2] Jet Li to Star in Fantasy Film with Jackie Chan

2007-04-14 Thread KeithBJohnson
This ought to be interesting, though I'm not too thrilled that the movie is told with an American teen inserted into the legend. I'd rather it all stayed Asian. I bet people are really curious to see what Yuen Woo-ping will do in pairing the fighting styles of Jet Li and Jackie Chan. Frankly,

Re: [scifinoir2] Painkiller Jane Series Premiere

2007-04-14 Thread KeithBJohnson
Can't believe I've never seen this show, not even to dog it out. Was it as bad as the awful series Adrian Highlander Paul was in, the one where he was tracking down rogue aliens on Earth, Alien Tracker? -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith,

Re: [scifinoir2] Painkiller Jane Series Premiere

2007-04-14 Thread KeithBJohnson
wow, it must be really bad! Was it able to make it into so-bad-it's-funny territory? -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BloodRayne = Bad. Terrible. Horrible. It both sucked and blew. Someone needs to be beaten for letting unleashing that piece of garbage on

[scifinoir2] New Highlander Movie Slated for 2007 Release

2007-04-14 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well, well, well. They're trying yet another Highlander movie, the first of a planned trilogy, no less. Given how awful most (outside the first) have been, I'm not hopeful. There was a version of Highlander: The Source released in Russian and made available online, but reviews from fans were

[scifinoir2] Christina Ricci Joins Speed Racer Cast

2007-04-15 Thread KeithBJohnson
I'm assuming Ricci is Trixie? Great casting! She's one of the few actresses I can see pull of that trademark Trixie yell. Now if only Hirsch can do the famous Speed cry of fear as well. If you don't remember the English-dubbed series, there's *no way* in hell I can describe those exceedingly

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 'Grindhouse' To Be Split in Two?

2007-04-15 Thread KeithBJohnson
I remember back when MTV had SHort Attention Span Theatre, and I thought that was a silly title. How prescient it was! Still, though the suits often dumb down entertainment, there are things that show it's not necessary. Slowly-unfolding-mystery shows like Lost and Heroes require a type of

Re: [scifinoir2] New Highlander Movie Slated for 2007 Release

2007-04-15 Thread KeithBJohnson
i fear you're right... -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove the maybe, Keith... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, well, well. They're trying yet another Highlander movie, the first of a planned trilogy, no less. Given how awful most (outside the

Re: [scifinoir2] Painkiller Jane Series Premiere

2007-04-15 Thread KeithBJohnson
wow, that IS bad! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Worse, IMO. One of the bad guys was possibly the most metrosexual android ever conceived of in SF. Every time it got its a$$ kicked, it stopped to dust itself off meticulously. And the lines- at

Re: [scifinoir2] Painkiller Jane Series Premiere

2007-04-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
wow, Tracey, you're bad as me: you'll sometimes watch almost anything to get a scifi fix. if *you* hate it, it must be bad. -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Craptastic is being kind. there was a robot in it

[scifinoir2] Edward Norton Signs on to New Hulk Movie

2007-04-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
Norton's a good actor, and I never saw Unleashed. But Leterrier's directing Transporter 2, worries me. I hope we're not looking at another movie full of too-quick camera work and artificially hyped action. That's the Michael Bay Bad Boys 2 territory that worries me. Penn working on Elektra,

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 'Grindhouse' To Be Split in Two?

2007-04-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well, that's how *I* do it, but most people don't. Heck, I even put the e-mail down when a movie starts! :O -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith: Let me run the Homeviewing Rules by you: 1. Cooking

[scifinoir2] Woman Offers Self for Video Game Gold

2007-04-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
To step away for a moment from the heaviness of homicidal maniacs, suicide bombers in Iraq, and administration missteps... For those of you who don't pay attention to the video game world, it's a multi-billion dollar market that by most accounts is surpassing Hollywood in sales dollars. Video

Re: [scifinoir2] New Robot Eyes Humans with Human-Like Eyes

2007-04-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
Kewl! Funny, though I'm familiar with domo arigato (I used to own that Styx album), my first thought was that his name came from major-domo--a butler or household steward. -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [scifinoir2] MGM New SF films for DVD

2007-04-19 Thread KeithBJohnson
I ain't feeling it, especially with the focus on young adults -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anybody else disappointed by the initial line-up? Tracey MGM Announces SF DVD Slate MGM announced an ambitious

Re: [scifinoir2] Season 7 of ‘Smallville’ could be last

2007-04-19 Thread KeithBJohnson
Glad to hear it's finally ending. It jumped the shark awhile back to my mind: the continued Kryptonian relics in Smallville, Lana/Clark/Lex love triangle, the introduction of a whole bunch of people who shouldn't be in the picture (Lois Lane, Perry White, Oliver Queen, possibly Bruce Wayne),

Re: [scifinoir2] Season 7 of �Smallville could be last

2007-04-19 Thread KeithBJohnson
Bruce Wayne hasn't shown up, but they've been talking about him making an appearance. I'm not surprised it's popular in Mexico. It's not a *bad* show, just one that's run a lot of plotlines into the ground. I really feel the loss of Johnathan Kent. I guess they wanted to bring the show in line

Re: Scifiholic speaks out Re: [scifinoir2] Painkiller Jane Series Premiere

2007-04-19 Thread KeithBJohnson
did you see the crap with Robert Chakotay Beltran from Voyager? It was about a sentient fire creature running around immolating people. Junk! Then there was the one about gargoyles, which was yet another of the SciFi Originals with incredibly bad FX. Why are their films sporting CGI that looks

Re: [scifinoir2] Matthew Fox To be Racer X

2007-04-20 Thread KeithBJohnson
Forget all that--what I wanna know is, who's the voice coach?! They have *got* to talk in that ridiculous run-on way that the American translation gave us back in the day. That was great! -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL

Re: Scifiholic speaks out Re: [scifinoir2] Painkiller Jane Series Premiere

2007-04-20 Thread KeithBJohnson
This one dealt with a bunch of pilots fighting the creatures in the skies above Europe, I think. It must have been a WWII era pic. The gargoyle CGI sucked! I guess it's all about profit, but nothing's worse than bad CGI. Heck, *good* CGI can sometimes bother me, as it's still too obviously

Re: [scifinoir2] Universal Remaking Colossus : The Forbin Project

2007-04-20 Thread KeithBJohnson
one of my fav scifi movies from back in the day. I remember when Dr. Forbin asks Colossus for permission to use the bathroom or have women over without being monitored by Colossus' cameras, and the computer responsds no. Or how he has several military guys who'd plotted his overthrow executed

Re: [scifinoir2] I watched Pain Killer Jane yesterday...

2007-04-20 Thread KeithBJohnson
you shoulda trusted my post the other day and spared yourself the, eh--pain--of Painkiller Jane! So, what was the worst for you, Loken's stiff acting, the cliched characters and settings, the bad music and music video camera work, the Heroes ripoff plot, or the fact they killed the one

Re: [scifinoir2] Universal Remaking Colossus : The Forbin Project

2007-04-20 Thread KeithBJohnson
wow, I never knew that. Now I'm really intrigued as to what Howard will use as the source material. Modern movies in the scifi realm are unfortunately in the main leaving intelligent writing and true suspense behind. But Howard is an older director and intelligent, so one can hope. I'm just not

[scifinoir2] Waayy OT: Armed Miss America 1944 stops intruder

2007-04-20 Thread KeithBJohnson
This is OT, but I had to send this one. Mamma wasn't messing around! * Armed Miss America 1944 stops intruder Fri Apr 20, 8:16 PM ET Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage: She fired a handgun to shoot out a vehicle's tires

[scifinoir2] OT: Catholic Church buries limbo after centuries

2007-04-20 Thread KeithBJohnson
Wow, this is really something. Sometimes--many times, in truth--I do understand why some of my friends are atheists or agnostics. It does seem that Man grafts so much of his own fears, needs, greed, etc.onto religious truth that such truth can be twisted all out of recognition. Limbo wasn't

Re: Scifiholic speaks out Re: [scifinoir2] Painkiller Jane Series Premiere

2007-04-20 Thread KeithBJohnson
I posted a reply to Tracey listing crappy movies ,and I talked of a cyborg/clone monster thingie with crap CGI. SS Doomtrooper was it! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh, yeah. He was all in that role. :P And that gargoyle fun-fest...I'm still

Re: [scifinoir2] Universal Remaking Colossus : The Forbin Project

2007-04-21 Thread KeithBJohnson
What you say about the trilogy, and Colossus coming back, reminds me of a series by scifi writer Jack Chalker, Rings of the Master. Ever read it? It takes place centuries in the future, in which the galaxy is ruled by a master computer. A group of diverse humans undertakes the mission of

Re: Scifiholic speaks out Re: [scifinoir2] Painkiller Jane Series Premiere

2007-04-21 Thread KeithBJohnson
How about Ssss? -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I challenge you guys to recall a title crappier than KAW Tracey Astromancer wrote: Hmm...Even the title is crappy! [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scifiholic speaks out Re: [scifinoir2] Painkiller Jane Series Premiere

2007-04-21 Thread KeithBJohnson
huh?? -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] S speaks to the socil dynamic of snakes. You buy that Tracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about Ssss? -- Original message --

Re: [scifinoir2] Fav B Movie - Worse B Movie

2007-04-23 Thread KeithBJohnson
A modern one that I'm really liking is Decoys, starring Nicole Eggert. it's about a group of nubile cheerleaders on a small college campus who are actually aliens that feed on humans. It's camp and funny and very entertaining. You may remember i posted on it last year while watching it at 4 am!

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fav B Movie - Worse B Movie

2007-04-24 Thread KeithBJohnson
I don't think Decoys was a Sci Fi Original. Just a few years ago, the bulk of the movies aired on Sci Fi were films they'd obtained from other sources. Things like Re-Animator, Lake Placid, a bunch of Steven King miniseries, etc. I think Decoy was from that group. Almost without fail, the

Re: [scifinoir2] Fav B Movie - Worse B Movie

2007-04-24 Thread KeithBJohnson
I remember that one, but not sure if it's the original movie with that theme, which has been done to death. I think I saw one with Nia Peeples just a couple of years ago with the same theme. -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)

Re: [scifinoir2] My B-Movie Dream Re: Fav B Movie - Worse B Movie

2007-04-24 Thread KeithBJohnson
The Sean of the Dead people would have a field day with that concept! It's a great one, that could be full of all kinds of satirical jabs at the industry. -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] All this talk of bad

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