:: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 :: Those who never fight, always live to fight another day.
:: ~*Stacey*~ 7:58 PM [+] :: comment
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So, I know nobody's heard from stEHcey in ages, but her birthday is coming: Saturday, 6/29. Drop her a line and say, 'Hi.'

Hey, diddle, diddle, The clue and the riddle, The cow jumped over the moon.

The flying pig crashed
Into a wall,
And the cow laughed like a loon.

Unfiction.com has a new rumor which appears to be about Collective Detective. I'll let you SPEC the why-for and how-so.

In case you hadn't noticed -- which is highly unlikely in all probability -- CombustionMonkey has gone live. I couldn't help Smytty get MT running on his host, so he finally succumbed and migrated his blogger.

While I was at it, I updated the links in my navframe for those who use it.

Here you go, Matt.

My google hits have changed. The search string du jour is now "Faerun Evenings bargle nawdle zouss".

Google Search: "melissa sue anderson naked" Results 1 - 1 of 1. Search took 0.06 seconds.

HFS! Results 1 of 1! WTF?

Best Sellers

1.UHF - $9.36
2.LORD OF THE RINGS-FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - $18.88
3.HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER'S STONE (WS) - $17.89
4.BLACK HAWK DOWN - $18.76
5.BLUE VELVET SPECIAL EDITION (WIDESCREEN) - $17.09

So, as I mentioned before, I need to acquire some X-Files box sets. I pull up Deep Discount DVDs on the recommendation of Hercules at AICN who is drooling over his new Buffy 2nd Season set.

UHF is outselling LotR! How funny is that?!?

Anyone in need of it can ping me if she's not available.

From: cdelmar@ncicap.org (Cynthia) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated Subject: Need early B5 scripts for Captioning Date: 8 Jun 2002 04:25:32 -0700

I work for the company doing the closed-captioning of Babylon 5 for
DVD release. We are reformatting the captions from the original files,
which were mostly done without scripts...

What's that, I hear? Babylon 5 for DVD release? Could this be some sort of depraved hoax? After all this time, is this for real?

From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated Subject: Re: Need early B5 scripts for Captioning Date: 10 Jun 2002 01:05:43 GMT

Yeah, it's real... I was holding off saying anything until WB or someone else could announce it, but since it's come up here via the captioning institute...yeah, as noted, it's real.

Season One will be out in a boxed set this Fall, and they're going to be including at minimum two commentaries from me, probably on Signs and Portents and Chrysalis (it's a matter of how much time and energy I can give to it given that there's no fees involved and I'm in the midst of Jeremiah), and if possible, Babylon Squared, maybe Sky Full of Stars. They'd also like to film an on-camera intro by me (but I guess folks will buy it anyway, even with that particular horror included).

They're pulling together a lot of stuff on this release so that there are plenty of extras this time around, now that the value of the DVDs has been shown by the first release.

jms

(jmsatb5@aol.com)
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permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine
and don't send me story ideas)

Ugh. Now I have to start seriously saving some cash. If I get a B5 season box before I get Shannon her X-Files season boxes, she's liable to send me (and my DVDs) packing. ;-)

Moriarty visits the set of Daredevil - The Movie:

...I was watching Garner between rehearsals. She had a Sai, full-weight and made of metal, that she kept spinning between takes, twirling it with a practiced ease, the weapon a blur and her barely thinking about it.

"She's been doing that for two months now," Brian said, smiling. "Pretty amazing, isn't she? She's going home for a while, and we're actually shipping the Sais there so she can keep working with them."

She looked like a gunslinger in an old Western, so used to their particular weapon that it was more an extension of themselves than a separate thing. When you see Garner in the film, it' her doing it. It's not a digital trick. It's not someone else's hands cut in to make her look good. She's like a machine, according to everyone we talked to, pushing herself every day to do more than they expect.

I don't know why I'm excited about this flick. Daredevil may be one of Marvel's hot properties, but it doesn't have the same pop culture influence on me as Spider-Man or The Hulk. I didn't grow up with Daredevil on TV. I've never read a Daredevil comic book.

The only thing I really know about Daredevil -- his origins story -- came from my perusing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: It seems the canister of radioactive waste that gave rise to Master Splinter and the boys, is the same canister that came off the truck and splashed Matt Murdock before it bounced into the sewer.

But it's usually not the heroes that attract me to a "comic book movie"; it's the villian, the anti-hero. In this case, Elektra and Bullseye. I'm hooked on Alias and I think Jennifer Garner makes a fantastic kick-ass action star. There's no question I'd see this movie for her alone. But Moriarty also has something to say about Bullseye, and this clinches it:

The first impression I have of Colin when I am introduced to him is that he’s going to be a goddamn movie star when fanboys get a load of him in this film. He’s as immediately cool as Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, if not moreso. It’s almost a shame he’s the bad guy.

...into temptation, but deliver us some email...

This is sure to be a great collectible as it is the "First Ever" Jenna Jameson Bobble Head Doll. Jenna was actively involved in the design as she wanted to get it right for her great fans. Each doll is hand painted, numbered, and boxed. The doll stands approx. 8" tall, and will look fantastic wherever you display it. Only $24.95! Order early to secure a low numbered doll. 4-6 week delivery. We don't charge your credit card until we ship.