[scifinoir2] Re: SciFiNoir Needs Your Favorite Quotes

2005-05-15 Thread md_moore42
(It's the first line that I usually use.) The best thing for being sad is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder in your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the

[scifinoir2] Re: Star wars notes

2005-05-30 Thread md_moore42
new series (!!) coming to cable TV, I can see the die-hard fans pushing the franchise on further. No skin off my nose. I don't have to watch any of it. md_moore42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Well, I went to see the last Star Wars movie last night. sigh I had real troubles staying awake. True, I

[scifinoir2] Re: SciFiNoir Reincarnation Status Report and Request

2005-06-07 Thread md_moore42
Sign me up as an alpha tester. (Marian) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella \(formerly Tracey L. Minor\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just providing this update. I have the mailing list and the portal installed. I am now in the process of configuring and customizing them.

[scifinoir2] Fwd: [LetsHelpEachother] VERIFIED - Urgent -read- groups being deleted

2005-06-27 Thread md_moore42
Mentioned in another group that I belong to--- --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *** This is true. I have verified it groups are already disappering *** Hi Friends! Yahoo is deleting groups that have even one member that does not have their age in the Yahoo Profile. The

[scifinoir2] Re: Science explores 125 big questions that face scientific inquiry

2005-07-08 Thread md_moore42
ya' mean that there's more than 42? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/125th/ Science explores 125 big questions that face scientific inquiry Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

[scifinoir2] Re: The Chocolate factory minus the chocolate

2005-07-15 Thread md_moore42
The only problem that I see is that every child in that story except Charlie is a self-centered brat. Would we be complaining about that characterization of children of color if they were included? However, in general, I would agree with the writer's criticism. Charlie is somewhat of anomoly in

[scifinoir2] Re: What does Sci-Fi have against Black people?

2005-08-05 Thread md_moore42
! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, md_moore42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's why I mentioned editing and supporting the writers with our cash. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, tetsuwanatom1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[scifinoir2] Re: Fats Domino missing

2005-09-02 Thread md_moore42
Times-Picayune Friday, September 02, 2005 Fats Domino, safe and sound Friday, 3:38 p.m. After being rescued from his flooded home in the Lower 9th Ward and evacuated by boat to the St. Claude Avenue bridge late Monday, New Orleans music legend Fats Domino wound up at the triage unit at the

[scifinoir2] Re: The Nagin Slap (was Who Will Call the Cavalry)

2005-09-09 Thread md_moore42
Where did they get the idea that Nagin was creole? He's never claimed that. He's from a different neighborhood and political group than the creoles of N.O. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, hesychastic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hesychastic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: terry scott [EMAIL

[scifinoir2] Re: The Nagin Slap (was Who Will Call the Cavalry)

2005-09-10 Thread md_moore42
@yahoogroups.com, md_moore42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where did they get the idea that Nagin was creole? He's never claimed that. He's from a different neighborhood and political group than the creoles of N.O. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, hesychastic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[scifinoir2] Dr. Who reaffirmed

2007-06-01 Thread md_moore42
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[scifinoir2] Re: Alexander Siddig Talks New Movie and Post-TREK Typecasting

2005-12-18 Thread md_moore42
Anglicize it... -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of md_moore42 Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 01:46 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Alexander Siddig Talks New Movie and Post-TREK Typecasting I finally

[scifinoir2] Re: Alexander Siddig Talks New Movie and Post-TREK Typecasting

2005-12-19 Thread md_moore42
those who can change a name, hair color, eye color, or a history, and then blend in to the general bland homogeneous America. -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of md_moore42 Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 15:52 To: scifinoir2

[scifinoir2] Re: Alexander Siddig Talks New Movie and Post-TREK Typecasting

2005-12-20 Thread md_moore42
glad I don't have the option. I'd like to hear more about your being Black and Jewish. Born that way, or a choice made in your adult life? -- Original message -- From: md_moore42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your comment is interesting because I am both Black and Jewish

[scifinoir2] Re: Joss Whedon Eyes the Future of TV

2006-01-09 Thread md_moore42
I rented and finally got a chance to see Serenity this past weekend. Whedon surprised me. Unlike the ST movies, he went all out; no character was safe from dying. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[scifinoir2] Re: Serenity

2006-02-06 Thread md_moore42
Yeah, I mentioned that I finally got a chance to see it on DVD a few weeks ago. I loved it. In my case, it came out during Katrina and no theatres were open down here. Even though I lost some favorite characters, I appreciated that no characters were safe. I can't imagine ST doing the same.

[scifinoir2] Re: WTF?--Passions coming to Sci Fi Channel

2006-02-14 Thread md_moore42
Yeah, I remember sitting in a doctor's office and being amused at this one. I wondered what happened to it. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Huh? I saw adds for Passions all last week, and was thinking it was a new series. My Comcast episode

[scifinoir2] Re: WTF?--Passions coming to Sci Fi Channel

2006-02-14 Thread md_moore42
, md_moore42 md_moore42@ wrote: Yeah, I remember sitting in a doctor's office and being amused at this one. I wondered what happened to it. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ wrote: Huh? I saw adds for Passions all last week, and was thinking

[scifinoir2] Re: The Top Ten Sci-Fi Films That Never Existed

2006-02-14 Thread md_moore42
Well, this was fun. Some stuff I agree with--definitely on the decline of the Star Wars movies. Why go back, indeed? Leave that for the novelists. The time for SnowCrash has probably passed. And I don't think that the target age group has the literary background to have that a-ha moment

[scifinoir2] Re: Monty Python on PBS

2006-02-23 Thread md_moore42
Yes, I saw the one on Graham Chapman who I loved in Life of Brian. And in the Holy Grail movie. Wonderful stuff. They were surprisingly frank about his drinking. Oh, how I wish that someone was making movies with that type of wit now. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson

[scifinoir2] Headline : AOL Vows to Institute Fee-Based Service

2006-03-01 Thread md_moore42
Headline : AOL Vows to Institute Fee-Based Service from http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060301/ap_on_hi_te/e_mail_rebellion Explain this line of thought to me from the article --- If they (system filters) start interfering with the delivery of legitimate mail, I don't think AOL subscribers are

[scifinoir2] Re: The Caper Shows Keep Coming

2006-03-29 Thread md_moore42
I remembered Thief just-in-time. I loved it. I love shows that manage to portray ambiguity. The main character is such a mixture of qualities. I even forgive the white wife because he's paid his dues in Homicide. (No, I don't have a problem with mixed families. But it is tiring to see it

[scifinoir2] Re: Hand-painted African Movie Posters

2006-03-31 Thread md_moore42
These were cool, but why did they have to create hand-painted versions of American movies like Raiders? Did the distributors not sell them the one-sheets for the movie? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[scifinoir2] Re: Trailer: Hannibal vs Rome movie (Alexander Siddiq of Deep Space 9)

2006-04-09 Thread md_moore42
hmm. Hannibal as the 1st George Bush--not pressing the advantage of victory. I guess that they have to tell the story in the language of the audience. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Said Kakese Dibinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I've seen so far doesn't work for me. . Its going

[scifinoir2] Re: The Ten Commandments, just my opinion...

2006-04-11 Thread md_moore42
I really hate the deMille version. I liked the version starring Burt Lancaster (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072547/) that I saw on TV in my youth. It was more like the History Channel version mentioned. The History channel has a problem in that they are too timid to challege biblical

[scifinoir2] heaven help us

2006-04-21 Thread md_moore42
Report: 'Star Trek' set for '08 revival Variety: J.J. Abrams to take the helm LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- More than three years after the last Star Trek movie crashed at the box office, the venerable sci-fi franchise is being revived by the director of the upcoming Mission: Impossible

[scifinoir2] Re: Lost--WTF??

2006-05-26 Thread md_moore42
I don't know. I enjoyed the last show of the season. I had not watched the show at all until a friend recommended it. I saw the package on Netflix and tried it and was hooked. I like the way that they manage to take the story in new directions that don't follow standard network TV

[scifinoir2] Re: Lost--WTF??

2006-05-27 Thread md_moore42
of things. Can you give me more info on advertisements being used to reveal plot points of Lost? I've never noticed that. -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of md_moore42 Sent: Saturday, 27 May, 2006 01:02 To: scifinoir2

[scifinoir2] Re: Lost--WTF??

2006-05-27 Thread md_moore42
war. Lots of things. Can you give me more info on advertisements being used to reveal plot points of Lost? I've never noticed that. -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of md_moore42 Sent: Saturday, 27 May, 2006 01:02

[scifinoir2] Re: Lost--WTF??/mi: 3

2006-05-28 Thread md_moore42
Well, I have to agree about MI:3. $8 was too much for a matinee. Just one explosion after another. I miss the team even more. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, drcsaid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently saw a free screening of MI:3 at Paramount and after the Q A with the ah, writers,

[scifinoir2] Re: X-3 Takes Over one Hundred Million at Box office

2006-05-30 Thread md_moore42
I enjoyed it, but the surprise after the credits was no surprise. My biggest laugh was actually before the movie--when they showed the trailer for Snakes on a Plane. I started laughing when I realized what it was. The teenager beside me asked 'Is that a real movie?' and I laughed even

[scifinoir2] Dr Who and Parting of the Ways

2006-06-09 Thread md_moore42
Well, just finished watching the last of the 1st of the new BBC season. A very Deus Ex machina ending, I must say. Some things very silly, but they still managed to emphasize that the Doctor is not one of us. And we get to see Captain Jack give the Doctor a kiss. (Can you imagine a heroic

[scifinoir2] Re: Dr Who and Parting of the Ways

2006-06-10 Thread md_moore42
. Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got it recorded and ready for viewing at my girlfriends place. I'd love to hear what you think as soon as I watch it. B --- md_moore42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, just finished watching the last of the 1st of the new BBC season

[scifinoir2] Re: Dr Who and Parting of the Ways

2006-06-12 Thread md_moore42
it until I dumped it. When Doctor Who first aired back in '63, it was a kid's show, filler for the airtime between moring shows and the afternoon soccer matches. As for what goes on between eps...maybe the BBC will let someone write about it. Not me, though. I'm a good boy. md_moore42

[scifinoir2] movies we are not allowed to see

2006-06-13 Thread md_moore42
That's distressing news. I had been wondering what movies people were writing about the U.S.--given the number of mistaken bombings, illegal arrests and what not. The closest that we get to see is The Constant Gardener which excoriates the prescription medicine industry. Even on the trivial

[scifinoir2] This American Life

2006-06-14 Thread md_moore42
Occasionally, this american life covers stories that I am surprised make it to the air. Most of the stories are online. Have a listen to http://audio.wbez.org/tal/200.mp3 Description: Act One. Don't Believe Anything You Hear on the Radio. The story of a clandestine radio station the CIA set

[scifinoir2] Re: 'Psych' puts snarky spin on too-serious TV genre

2006-07-07 Thread md_moore42
The commercials for this have actually made me laugh. Finally, some balance! I notice that among the legal shows, we are getting a defense-attorney show also. I had stopped watching Law and Order and its like because I was sick of seeing Prosecutor stories. --- In

[scifinoir2] a review of Superman movie

2006-07-07 Thread md_moore42
A very thoughtful review of Superman Returns. It makes me want to see it now. http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Features/Westfahl_SupermanReturns.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design.

[scifinoir2] Re: Blade on tonight

2006-07-10 Thread md_moore42
Punish is right. I only lasted 30 minutes before I went back to reading email on my pc. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you who, unlike me and Astro, were lucky enough to miss the Blade series premiere, you have a chance to punish

[scifinoir2] Re: a review of Superman movie

2006-07-10 Thread md_moore42
reading as a child.) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, md_moore42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A very thoughtful review of Superman Returns. It makes me want to see it now. http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Features/Westfahl_SupermanReturns.html Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group

[scifinoir2] A Scanner Darkly

2006-07-16 Thread md_moore42
So what are people thinking of the latest PKD movie? It's dense and not for the faint-hearted. On the other hand, there is a lot of joy for geeky boys and girls. I laughed a lot, but I don't know if my friend got all of the jokes. On the other hand, she pointed out a lot of visual puns that I

[scifinoir2] Re: Eureka premieres tonight on Sci Fi

2006-07-19 Thread md_moore42
I don't know. I bailed after 45 minutes. It's a pity that the SciFi channel hasn't found the secret yet about producing humorous sf. I miss that old show where the sheriff was an agent of the devil. (can't recall the name). --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[scifinoir2] Scanner questions

2006-07-23 Thread md_moore42
Did anyone ever go see A Scanner Darkly? I have a question -- don't worry not a spoiler -- from the movie and the book that I read last week. Fred watches Arctor on tape and notices that it appears that Donna's face has been pasted in over the face of the prostitute that Arctor picked up. In