[scifinoir2] Researchers Break Internet Speed Records

2007-04-24 Thread KeithBJohnson
This is awesome. Download The Matrix in a couple of minutes? Imagine the possibilities for remote teleconferences, long-distance surveys and surgeries. Why, those people who don't want to go to the movies could actually watch a new movie release on home, not even having to wait for DVD rentals

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

2007-04-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
no doubt, so bad it makes you laugh. It was even the focus of a memorable Seinfeld ep. Jerry's trying to get his friends to see it with him. He keeps saying the worst movie ever made, so terrible it's funny. They're going, but they need to eat first, and there's a problem getting seated at a

Re: [scifinoir2] Scientists unearth Superman's kryptonite

2007-04-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
ha-ha! If it ain't green and glowing, it aint Kryptonite. (I guess it could be red, or yellow, or black, or white, too. But I've come to reject the multi-color Kryptonite idea in favor of John Byrne's streamlining down to only Green K).Where are they getting the composition of the

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

2007-04-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
cool site, but they put The Time Machine on there. Not sure I'd call that a B-movie. It's actually pretty good, and holds up even now. Sure, you have to overlook all the blonde beautiful white folk who live outside and look like they get their hair done at a salon. But the FX are

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

2007-04-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
I hear ya! but it's funny! I laughed all the way through it. -- Original message -- From: DJ VIBE [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A modern one that I'm really liking is Decoys, starring Nicole Eggert. it's about a group of

Re: [scifinoir2] Way OT: Bill Moyers' Buying the War Airs on PBS

2007-04-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
Be sure to check your local listing. YOu can go to the PBS link and click on TV Schedule. Everything I heard kept saying it was premiering tonight, but here in Atlanta it's not airing until Sunday. -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L.

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

2007-04-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
true dat! -- Original message -- From: High Priest of Hi-Fi [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a world where Ninja Cheerleaders can get made but no Octavia Butler stories can make it to production, we're ALL in the wrong line of work. Adding the words a group of nubile cheerleaders

Re: [scifinoir2] Scientists unearth Superman's kryptonite

2007-04-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
Like so much else in the Superman mythos, the distance of Krypton depends on who's writing it, and when it was written. The original movie starring Christopher Reeve implied it was a long way away, perhaps several thousand light years. Or at least, I got that impression because it took the

Re: [scifinoir2] Way OT: Bill Moyers' Buying the War Airs on PBS

2007-04-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
that's actually pretty deep! You should refine and expound on your points here and try to get this published somewhere. Maybe on of the scifi related web sites, or even somewhere like Slate.com. A piece entitled something like How Science Fiction Prepares us to Deal with Real Life would be

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

2007-04-25 Thread KeithBJohnson
Yeah, the remake sucked. Actually, if you're thinking of the one with Guy Pearce and that Black Irish actress, it's the second remake I can think of. The first was a TV movie back in the '80s, which was typical of the time, with a Logan's Run/Six Million Dollar Man/Buck Rogers in the 25th

Re: [scifinoir2] Way OT: Bill Moyers' Buying the War Airs on PBS

2007-04-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
Glad to hear it's as good as I was hoping. Thanks for the positive review of the Dixie Chicks video. I always liked their music (hey: I'm Texan, what can I say?!) and really came to like them as people after the way they were treated by country music and other country stars. I've seen several

Re: [scifinoir2] Way OT: Bill Moyers' Buying the War Airs on PBS

2007-04-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
amen! Didn't Kicinich just make a move to bring articles of impeachment against Bush? Hell, if getting some dirty loving from a chubby girl in the Oval Office and denying it is grounds for impeachment, then committing this country to a disastrous course like Iraq sure as hell is!

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

2007-04-26 Thread KeithBJohnson
how's that? -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] It all started after they kicked Rod Serling down the ladder... DJ VIBE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A modern one that I'm really liking is

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

2007-04-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
You got me. I never saw either of the Resident Evil flicks. The trailers didn't entrhall me, and word-of- mouth and reviews were so bad I skipped 'em. I assumed that the directing would follow the latest trend of too-fast camera work, where the scenes shift every three seconds like a crazed

[scifinoir2] Magneto Spinoff Film Greenlighted

2007-04-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
The rush to helm comic-to-movie adaptations scares me recently. For every Batman Begins, Spider-Man, and Blade (1) we get, there's an Elektra, Punisher, and Catwoman. X3 was only fair in my opinion, and I fear that further diluting the source material with Wolverine and Magneto-specific movies

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

2007-04-27 Thread KeithBJohnson
Agreed. I think I've stated this before too, but I remember when MTV premiered Short Attention Span Theater. I remembered thinking it was a strange title, not realizing how accurately prescient it was. The weird thing is, I've noticed that more and more people I talk to about this look at me

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

2007-04-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
oh, I can definitely see that. Like I said, you can hardly beat me for watching scifi junk just to get a fix. Well, maybe Tracey can... :) -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe not, but I think they're worth it when you need a 'sci-fi fix'...

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

2007-04-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
Man, you shoulda checked the crappy new Lake Placid 2 on Sci Fi. Couldn't bring myself to watch it, as i hated the first one. That was followed by Frankenfish, some really stupid junk about killer fish in the Louisiana bayou. For ravenous water creatures, I prefer Deep Blue Sea.

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

2007-04-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well, then, I guess you and I are the wrong ones to save poor Blood Surf Martin with an intervention! -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can't through stones when I watch scifi junk just to get a fix almost

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

2007-04-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
I love Deep Blue Sea. It's one of those films I can sit down and watch any time it's on. It's got humour, action, and Sam Jackson in that corny speech. Frankenfish vs. Kaw? Which title is dumber? I'm still leaning toward the bird... -- Original message -- From: Tracey

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

2007-04-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
If memory serves, I kept thinking, This *is* the guy who created Venom, and made Spidey cool again. Surely the movie gets better. Boy was I wrong! By the way, the last movies I walked out on before they ended were Girl 6 and House Party 3... -- Original message -- From:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Any Pinky and The Brain Fans?

2007-04-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
One of my favs--which, curiously, poked fun at Affirmative Action--dealt with Brain wanting to take over a company by filing a work-injury lawsuit, basically bankrupting the company, then using the ill-gotten gains to fund his world domination schemes. First, Brain uses AA to get hired as a

Re: [scifinoir2] U.K. To Split Grindhouse

2007-04-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
i still think it's a bad idea... ;( -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] U.K. To Split Grindhouse The Weinstein Co. announced that Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's double feature Grindhouse with be

[scifinoir2] Heroes is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Awesome!

2007-04-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
Man-o-man, are y'all watching Heroes? This show is amazing. No real spoiler, but tonight's ep dealt with the future--five years in the future, to be exact, after the much discussed nuclear explosion in New York city. We got to see how many of the characters--those still alive, that is--turned

Re: [scifinoir2] Heroes is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Awesome!

2007-05-01 Thread KeithBJohnson
I haven't checked out the online viewing of the eps, so not sure if NBC lets you do that online. But I know the show will end up on Scifi channel as a rerun. -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guess who had to fall asleep in front of the TV last

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Guyana woman accused as vampire lynched

2007-05-01 Thread KeithBJohnson
Uh, remember Lord of the Flies? One week after we crawl out of the rubble and much of the post-apocalyptic world, we'll be at each other's throats again. Oh sure, maybe the prejudices will change: maybe the three-eyed people will discriminate against the three arm gang. The Coachroach

[scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-01 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well, the sales are high and the reviews are favorable. And since I absolutely *love* books that delve more deeply into the history of legends---The Silmarillion is one of my favs--I think I'll enjoy this one too. Maybe I'll get it for the cold winter days, which is when I ready my heavier

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-01 Thread KeithBJohnson
I hear you, but I've been reading a time-waster series from Eric Flint that started with teh book 1632. It deals with the small West Virginia town of Grantviell, which is literally cut-and-pasted from our time to Germany in 1632. Smack dab in the middle of the Thirty Years war, the residents

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-03 Thread KeithBJohnson
is that novel any good? -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reminds me of the newer Dune novel written by Herbert's son, Brian, and Kevin Anderson... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the sales are high and the reviews are favorable. And since I

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-03 Thread KeithBJohnson
You mean the death of Captain America? I was never able to score a copy. Why didn't you like it? And, does anyone believe Cap is really dead for good? I don't see them offing him permanently, especially with a movie in the works. I mean, hell, they've resurrected Bucky, so why not Cap?

[scifinoir2] For Us Aspiring Writers

2007-05-03 Thread KeithBJohnson
I was reading some info on the newest Dresden Files book, having become a serious fan of the TV series. I'm hearing from several people that, while very good, the series isn't quite as fun as the books, so am considering adding them to my list of things to read. Wandered over to a site about

[scifinoir2] Honeybee die-off threatens food supply

2007-05-03 Thread KeithBJohnson
Fascinating. And past the natural causes of death in the animal and insect world, we always have to add the effects of humanity. I've noticed, for example, a marked decrease in butterfly populations, both here in Atlanta and back in my native Fort Worth, over the last couple of decades.

[scifinoir2] Star marriage sparks the great Bollywood divide

2007-05-03 Thread KeithBJohnson
Interesting. I've heard of the rivalries here in America when studio heads in Hollywood went at it, and I know that big stars like Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks could hurt the industry, I guess, if they had such feuds. I'm sure it has, but I wonder if Hollywood ever had a star feud on this level

[scifinoir2] OT: Imus Suing CBS over Firing

2007-05-03 Thread KeithBJohnson
The man's got a point. Even though I support his firing, I freely admit he's been able to say a lot worse over the years. So yeah, I can actually get his thinking What the hell? about this time. The thing is, Imus didn't change, and CBS didn't change. The world around them did, specifically in

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Imus Suing CBS over Firing

2007-05-03 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well, that's really my point. The advertisers only pulled out because of the public outcry. Imus has said, way, way worse about black people over the years, trust me. The networks and the advertisers know that too. What happened here was the Perfect Storm of comments, dissemination of the info

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-03 Thread KeithBJohnson
While not as wildly popular as Spidey, Supes, and Batman, Captain America is a classic character. They've never been able to plug another guy into the costume and make it work. Ultimately it always has to be Steve Rogers, so I'm not surprised. He'll be back. -- Original message

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-03 Thread KeithBJohnson
Okay, every year or so I have to make this shameful confession, so let's get it over with: I, Keith Johnson, science fiction nut, lifelong reader and viewer of all things scifi, have never read any of the Dune books. (Hanging head in shame). I've also never read Heinlein's Stranger in a

Re: [scifinoir2] 'The Matrix' tops list of best sci-fi movies and TV shows of past 25 years

2007-05-04 Thread KeithBJohnson
Good point about EW. I thought the same thing. Many of these films are the ones people have already talked about, the ones that got great box office and great buzz. They're often the expected choices, the same way Americans often rate a political candidate highly because that candidate's

[scifinoir2] OT: Paris Hilton Going to Jail for 45 Days--Who Cares?

2007-05-04 Thread KeithBJohnson
Sorry to destroy some of your brain cells with this, but the ludicrous nature of all the coverage over Hilton's dumb a$$ going to jail is pathetic and funny at the same time. I love the statements from her mother and lawyer who say she was singled out for punishment because of who she is.

Re: [scifinoir2] CBSNews.com Turns Off Comments on Obama Stories

2007-05-05 Thread KeithBJohnson
Given what professionals like Rush Limbaugh have already said, I'm not surprised at all at the dreck that'd come in from unmonitored e-mails. Go to any discussion group that's not moderated and the racist and sexist language is shocking. i'm talking video game sites, scifi sights, policital

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Paris Hilton Going to Jail for 45 Days--Who Cares?

2007-05-05 Thread KeithBJohnson
Good point! I can say one thing for the series Enterprise. Its point that the Vulcans intentionally tried to keep humans from deep space after 90 years almost makes sense at times. -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hear you, Keith. And I hope

Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Rube Goldberg Device

2007-05-05 Thread KeithBJohnson
Amazing. I remember seeing gadgets like that in many of the Looney Toons and Merrie Melodies cartoons I watched as a kid, but this is way more involved. But what was the ultimate purpose, to open the curtains? -- Original message -- From: Brent Wodehouse [EMAIL

[scifinoir2] My Take: Spider-Man 3

2007-05-07 Thread KeithBJohnson
No spoilers, so read on to your heart's content... My quick take: A fun, entertaining movie. As always, the story and characters are more important than the superhero action, and it's fun to see Spidey have a bit of good luck for a minute. CGI is better than ever, though still too fake in

Re: [scifinoir2] ABC details final three Lost seasons

2007-05-07 Thread KeithBJohnson
wow. Remember back in the old days when a single season was 26 - 28 episodes, and there were no reruns from September until the season ended in May? Remember when all the network shows started and ended in synch? My first thought is that I don't want to get Lost for another three straight

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-07 Thread KeithBJohnson
i know, i know! I've only seen the last scene, where everyone's happy and the angel's gonna get his wings -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GASP!) You've never seen 'It's A Wonderful Life'??? SHAME! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, every year or

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Paris Hilton Going to Jail for 45 Days--Who Cares?

2007-05-07 Thread KeithBJohnson
You got that right. And how someone who is gonna be responsible for managing hundreds of millions of dollars can't remember that her license is suspended? And then to blame that on her assistants? Ridiculous! -- Original message -- From: g123curious [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-07 Thread KeithBJohnson
hey, no biggie. I'm just funning. I get grief from lots of people for never having seen It's a Wonderful Life, and also Forest Gump, The Maltese Falcon, Citizen Kane (highest on my list), or any of the Godfather movies. I created a spreadsheet last year on which I listed the American Film

[scifinoir2] NASA's Chandra Sees Brightest Supernova Ever

2007-05-08 Thread KeithBJohnson
Awesome. Check out the artist's rendering of the blast. I thought it was a mistake, possibly a picture done by a staff artist at Yahoo or something, then confirmed it at the NASA site ( http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/chandra_bright_supernova.html ) That dang star blew apart at

[scifinoir2] Spider-Man 3 Thoughts - Spoilers

2007-05-08 Thread KeithBJohnson
? :( [KeithBJohnson wrote] My quick take: A fun, entertaining movie. As always, the story and characters are more important than the superhero action, and it's fun to see Spidey have a bit of good luck for a minute. CGI is better than ever, though still too fake in spots. Battles are good, but too brief

Re: [scifinoir2] ABC details final three Lost seasons

2007-05-08 Thread KeithBJohnson
how does a shorter season return greater ad value? -- Original message -- From: High Priest of Hi-Fi [EMAIL PROTECTED] reMEMBER? Had Enterprise done this 16 episode season nonsense it MIGHT still be ON! It would have been obvious a lot sooner that Manny Coto should

Re: [scifinoir2] ABC details final three Lost seasons

2007-05-08 Thread KeithBJohnson
Insidiously devilish, pernicious and avaricious. Or as Obi Wan said, (cue British voice) twisted and ee-vil! -- Original message -- From: Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Each episode has a cost. a repeat is essentially a free opportunity to run ads against an episode

Re: [scifinoir2] Spider-Man 3 Thoughts - Spoilers

2007-05-08 Thread KeithBJohnson
to permanently bond with Peter, and Reed who got the suit off him--the first time--by using a sonic weapon. I think I'd pay for a Spidey-FF teamup. * Did I mention I hated Pete's dance number? :( [KeithBJohnson wrote] My quick take: A fun, entertaining movie. As always, the story and characters

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: My Take: Spider-Man 3

2007-05-09 Thread KeithBJohnson
That's two of you--you and Said--who actively disliked the flick. As you say in my review, I liked it, but thought it had lots of flaws. It was *not* as exciting as the trailer'd have you believe. You and Said added great additional comments I didn't mention. I thought the ending was really

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: My Take: Spider-Man - Spoilers

2007-05-09 Thread KeithBJohnson
Spoilers Well, the relative short time period of Pete being controlled by the symbiote eliminated all kinds of potential occurrences, such as seducing the landlord's daughter. Though, in the comic the suit didn't really affect him in the same exact way. He didn't turn into a lothario like

[scifinoir2] OT: Hamas Uses Mickey Mouse Lookalike to Reach Children

2007-05-10 Thread KeithBJohnson
When I first read of Farfur, the Mickey Mouse ripoff, I admittedly laughed. The picture I saw (included) which shows the large rodent against a colorful background like something from the Banana Splits, was funny. And the news blurb I read, which spoke of the rat's exhortation to Islamic

Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: Terminator Will Be Back, Without Arnold]

2007-05-11 Thread KeithBJohnson
yeah, I watched the Logan's Run series. It was pretty awful. Nohting's worse than having people in futuristic garb run around desert California settings encountering primitive folks all the day. The only show I remember halfway liking was the one where a guy went back in time to the 20th

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Favorite Scifi Mini Series - Worse Scifi Mini- Series

2007-05-11 Thread KeithBJohnson
Maybe i was too young when I saw The Martian Chronicles. Or maybe it's because I remember watching the whole thing by myself late night, but I never liked it. As for movies about Mars, the best Ive ever seen was shown in the US as Five Million Years to EArth. Original British title Quartermass

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Favorite Scifi Mini Series - Worse Scifi Mini- Series

2007-05-11 Thread KeithBJohnson
To this day I'm trying to figure out how someone got *two* horrible movies about Mars greenlighted (three, if you count that laughably bad Ghosts of Mars with Pam Grier, and LL Cool J?) I missed both the first two at the theatre adn thought I'd actually *missed* something. Then I caught them on

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Favorite Scifi Mini Series - Worse Scifi Mini- Series

2007-05-11 Thread KeithBJohnson
yes indeed, great movie. I need to look it up, now I'm thinking about it... -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] You've named a classic, my friend. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe i was too young when I saw The Martian Chronicles. Or maybe it's because

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Favorite Scifi Mini Series - Worse Scifi Mini- Series

2007-05-11 Thread KeithBJohnson
Ditto, and I remember the star next showing up in a short-lived sitcom on Fox way back in the X-Files days, and also having a guest spot on Star Trek: TNG as a thief who steals a time machine and journeys to the future to steal Federation tech. the plan was that he'd invent the tech back in the

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Favorite Scifi Mini Series - Worse Scifi Mini- Series

2007-05-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
So, was the British production done by the guy whose script was rejected by Spielberg and Cruise, or by yet another writing team? did you see the C. Thomas Howell minseries? I still have something against that guy for doing Soul Man, so I don't run to see his flicks. What were your thoughts

[scifinoir2] Visual Effects Society Names Top 50 Films of All Time

2007-05-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
Hmm, don't guess I'd argue against Star Wars being atop the list. It did revolutionize film FX forever. A few I question, such as why is the '93 verson of King Kong ranked ahead of Peter Jackson's from 2005, and why is the original--crude by today's standards, but revolutionary back in the

[scifinoir2] From Starbuck to The Last Sentinel

2007-05-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
Hmmm...I've missed the entire third season of Galactica, so I don't know if the rumours of Katee Starbuck Sackhoff's leaving the series are correct. But if so, I hope it's not for standard post-apocalyptic stuff like this, where she plays a character named The Girl. Masochist that I am, I'll

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: George Lucas Calls 'Spider-Man 3' Silly

2007-05-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
Aaarrh! Make it stop, make it stop! No more Jar-Jar! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mesa gonna agreea witha ya... g123curious [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jar Jar Binks is not silly? Ewoks are not silly?

Re: [scifinoir2] Dead Hobbits Society - Weir rumored as director candidate.

2007-05-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
I say get Guillermo Del Toro to direct The Hobbit... -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] May 10, 2007 - Spider-Man 3 director Sam Raimi may be the frontrunner to helm The Hobbit for New Line Cinema -- seeing

Re: [scifinoir2] Spidey Cast Replacement

2007-05-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
I think they need to look at leaving well enough alone. Aside from Harry Potter--whose films have gotten better--few franchises continually do well for three or four films. They'd need someone with Raimi's sensibility to telling a real story--not just a hyped-up FX-laden affair. and the films

Re: [scifinoir2] Spidey Cast Replacement

2007-05-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
I think this last one is probably a good way to go out, even though they left a few things open for a fourth movie. This third one is pretty good, very enjoyable, but yeah, I think they might need to end it here... -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [scifinoir2] Spidey Cast Replacement

2007-05-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
Agreed, it's about money. But I wonder, if the 200+ million dollar budget of the latest Spidey flick isn't going to be put up, what will the films become? FX isn't the real deal, but I don't know that the masses would flock to a Spider-Man film with less FX. I just don't see them making, say,

Re: [scifinoir2] Story Talks Black Panther

2007-05-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
I need to see Rise of the Silver Surfer before I get happy about T'Challa being in an FF movie done by the same team. The first FF movie sucked, the second? We'll see, but I'm not optimistic... -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] T'Challa's appearence

Re: [scifinoir2] From Starbuck to The Last Sentinel

2007-05-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
I went out to dinner and missed it. Tried to watch Manticore, starring Chase Masterson (DS9) and a very portly Robert Chakotay Beltran, but couldn't do it. Another crappy CGI monster. So I turned to the backlog of six Voyager eps I have on tape. What a surpise: the show I watched focused on

Re: [scifinoir2] Spidey Cast Replacement

2007-05-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
I think Heroes succeeds precisely because the characters aren't spandex wearing heroes and villains, just people caught up in something possibly beyond them. We wait for the moments of powers used: Peter excercising his mimic ability by becoming invisible or using TK...Hiro traversing time and

[scifinoir2] Spider-Man 3 Audience Much Smaller in Second Weekend

2007-05-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
Wow, precipitous drop, but Spidey 3 will still net a mint. I think Pirates of the Caribbean 3 just might outpace it, though, especially given how well the second movie did last year. And I must admit, the trailers for Pirates had even me excited, and now I plan to see it when it opens.

Re: [scifinoir2] From Starbuck to The Last Sentinel

2007-05-15 Thread KeithBJohnson
Same here. I was very tired, having gotten up at 7 and worked out, then running around all day. So my normal late night session on Saturday was hard enough as it was. But I lay on the couch and tried to watch Manticore, but kept falling asleep. I'd come part way out of my slumber, note that

[scifinoir2] NASA Finds Strongest Evidence of Dark Matter Yet

2007-05-15 Thread KeithBJohnson
Kewl! Man, there are so many times I wish humanity had progressed to the point of having an FTL drive so we could actually go see this type of phenomenon *up close*. This may not be quite what my parents intended, but one of the reasons that as a child I embraced the idea of an Afterlife and

[scifinoir2] OT: Former Justice Depart Deputy Reveals Clash over Domestic Surveillance

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
Ashcroft did something that stunned Comey. He lifted his head off the pillow and explained in strong, detailed terms why he would not sign the paper. This is chilling, but not surprising. The efforts to skirt the law in the Bush regime seem to have no end. I was *no* fan of

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Former Justice Depart Deputy Reveals Clash over Domestic Surveillance

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
No prob. If you catch NPR today, either on the radio or online, also listen for a report on the contracts handed out for the reconstruction of Iraq. Man, I was *stunned* at the corruption and pure incompetence behind this. Contracts awarded for sites, only for the crews to find out the sites

[scifinoir2] 'Star Trek' Writers Talk Direction, Technobabble � But Not Matt Damon

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
Not sure if this particular piece on the next Trek film was already posted. I find it interesting they say it won't be a prequel, but a reimaging. (Lord--the last reimaged movie I saw was Tim Burton's laughable Planet of the Apes! Gotta be better than that!). I also note that just about every

Re: [scifinoir2] Jericho Cancelled

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
Tracey. Amazing. Monday night I started an essay, Why I like Jericho. After disparaging what I thought was a cliched, post-apocalyptic show set in my least favorite setting--a small town in Kansas--I found myself watching week after week. I kept trying to scoff at the homespun location, the

Re: [scifinoir2] 'Star Trek' Writers Talk Direction, Technobabble But Not Matt Damon

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
Yeah, as evidenced by the fact which bothered me from day one of DS9: Sisko was the *only* star of any Trek series who didn't come in as a captain. What was that about? I hear you and agree. I know from stuff I've read on the Net and even conversations in comic shops, DS9 isn't really

Re: [scifinoir2] Jericho Cancelled

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
I'd suggest watching all the shows anyway, and watch them in order. The excitement ratcheted up at the end as greed and desperation was leading to war. The Black character--Hawkins--is very central to the plot, which was cool. There was a show where the new mayor and some sheriff's deputies

Re: [scifinoir2] Jericho Cancelled

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
I've said this before to you, I know. But back in the late '80s and early to mid '90s, I was so fed up with scifi on TV I actually abandoned it for a while. The networks kept putting out crap shows like Hard Time on Planet Earth and cancelling them to no one's surprise. But good shows--like

Re: [scifinoir2] Jericho Cancelled

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
Felt the same way at first, thought it was cliched and predictable. And in some ways, aspects of it weren't super original. But others--like Hawkins' true mission--were surprising. I think that all of us have read and seen so much scifi and speculative fiction, little is really suprising. But

Re: [scifinoir2] Jericho Cancelled

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
I agree that CBS is messing things up. And here was one Slowly unfolding mystery show that I could embrace...Threshold was a good show with a great cast, that had nowhere to go but up with some tweaking. Had they expanded the plots past just the invasion--the way the X-Files would bring in

Re: [scifinoir2] 'Star Trek' Writers Talk Direction, Technobabble But Not Matt Damon

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
Funny!! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith, re Sisko coming in a commander... Some executive at Paramount- A Black person simply *can't* command! Executive assisitant- Sir, Paul Winfield played Captain Terrell in 'Wrath of Khan'. Exec- An

Re: [scifinoir2] 'Star Trek' Writers Talk Direction, Technobabble But Not Matt Damon

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
You're the first person I've heard of crushing on Justine Bateman! :) One reason I got so sick of Enterprise and aspects of Voyager was perhaps the main plot device BB overused--time travel! Man, I've literally lost count of how often they used time travel in all the series to tell a story,

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: NPR Report: What Went Wrong with the Rebuilding of Iraq?

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
Wow, I don't know anyone over there, yet I'm walking around with a sick pit in my stomach all the time. I can only imagine how you must feel. I feel wasted too, whenever I think about all of this. Wasted some days, angry others, genuinely amazed that the populace feel for this bull the rest of

Re: [scifinoir2] Jericho Cancelled

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
same here. My wife is an indifferent scifi fan as well, usually just going along with me to movies or watching shows. She likes Heroes and Lost, but frankly, if I don't turn the TV to them, she doesn't make a point of watching. But after watching the next-to-last episode of the Jericho--(gulp!)

Re: [scifinoir2] Jericho Cancelled

2007-05-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
I think the series finale of Jericho actually aired last week. I've read some of Hewitt's feelings on Andromeda, nothing by the DS9 folks. What's the gist of both of those? When you say the producers of Jericho will share their vision, do you mean that they'll just tell us what the ultimate

Re: [scifinoir2] Jericho Cancelled

2007-05-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
You raise a point that's been bothering me since you posted this: I thought Jericho was going to be renewed! As recently as 2 - 3 weeks ago, I'm *positive* I read something indicating it was doing well enough, and that CBS had verbally committed to it for another season. Indeed, around the

[scifinoir2] Heroes Marathon on SciFi this Saturday

2007-05-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3?date=19-MAY-2007feed_req= SciFi Channel is doing an all-day marathan of Heroes this Saturday (May 19) starting at 9 am. I don't like the way SciFi's website works, so it's a bit confusing. The schedule seems to indicate they're starting mid-season on

[scifinoir2] Why Shows Like Jericho Matter to Me.

2007-05-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
Martin, You mentioned that perhaps you should have given Jericho a chance. I think it was the kind of show that grows on you. You still may not have liked it, but your statement got me to thinking. For the last two months I've been percolating an essay in my head about how some

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Why Shows Like Jericho Matter to Me.

2007-05-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
Damn! Never heard of it, but now I have to seek it out! -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm a coward. People come away from the film traumatized. I do not think I will be renting it anytime soon. Wish I was

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Why Shows Like Jericho Matter to Me.

2007-05-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
Tracey, I can relate to that. I can remember back when i was younger, being puzzled whenever friends and older relatives told me they couldn't watch sad movies or TV shows. I just didn't get when they'd say things like It reminds me of sad times or I catch even watch death scenes in scifi

[scifinoir2] You Won't Believe What's on Scifi Right Now

2007-05-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
Talk about a coincidence! The Day After--which probably hasn't been shown on TV in a decade--is being shown on Sci Fi right now! What a coincidence, given it was just being discussed today. This kind of weirdness happens to me all the time. I can be thinking of a song, an actor, a book, a

Re: [scifinoir2] Villains

2007-05-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
I think that was Martin's idea. Don't want a lawsuit before the show even airs! :) -- Original message -- From: drcsaid [EMAIL PROTECTED] Y'know, Tracy's idea for a spin-off or concurrent series entitled Villains has had me thinking since she posted it... How would

Re: [scifinoir2] Villains

2007-05-17 Thread KeithBJohnson
actually one of my fav episodes of Smallville is the one where Clark and Lionel Luthor exchanged bodies. While Clark was left in prison in Lionel's then-dying flesh, Lionel was freaking out to discover all of Clark's super powers. He kept saying I can't believe he had all this and did nothing

Re: [scifinoir2] You Won't Believe What's on Scifi Right Now

2007-05-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
no, had no idea it was showing until I happened to turn to SciFi last night. -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I thought that was why you were bringing it up Tracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Talk

[scifinoir2] Sam Jackson in Talks for The Spirit Movie

2007-05-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
The Spirit is one of the rare comic characters about which I know next to nothing. I haven't read Miller's treatment of it, so don't know how close it is to Eisner's. I don't have a frame of reference for whether Jackson would make a good Octopus, but I suppose if Miller likes him, that's good

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Sam Jackson in Talks for The Spirit Movie

2007-05-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
No chit! Right after I posted the e-mail, I went to Wikipedia to read up on the Spirit, and ran across the same Ebony White stuff you posted below. Disturbing, especially Eisner's obviously unrepentant views of that was just the way it was. Does anyone know if Miller's version has a similarly

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Sam Jackson in Talks for The Spirit Movie

2007-05-18 Thread KeithBJohnson
Remember, Jackson isn't going for the Ebony White manservant role, he's going for the supervillain archnemesis Octopus. I guess the Ebony White character will either be omitted or updated and modernized. -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey

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