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Allan_ecker · Post by **Allan_ecker** » Thu Mar 07, 2002 4:38 pm

Kirk obviously hasn't played as much <i>Descent</i> as you, Alfy!

Alfador · Post by **Alfador** » Thu Mar 07, 2002 8:35 pm

And how! It's actually been years since I played it (or Descent 2, or Descent 3), but I bet I'd still be strategic enough to kick his butt all over the galaxy. (Or at least those wonky tunnels.)

Andrick · Post by **Andrick** » Sat Mar 09, 2002 10:35 am

Anyone ever notice how well lit every starship is in the depths of space? That and how when every ship randomly encounters another they are on exactly the same angle as for both to be 'right' side up and approaching each other head on?

Science, science fiction and entertainment rarely see eye to eye to eye.

Alfador · Post by **Alfador** » Sat Mar 09, 2002 10:55 am

They use "running lights" even when there's no possibility whatsoever of another ship seeing them. And the only place you'll ever find a ship that's the least bit stealthy (aside from being "cloaked") is in novel serieses. Seriei? Serie? Serieses? Series'?

...Curses. Pluraled again.

Andrick · Post by **Andrick** » Mon Mar 11, 2002 6:59 pm

Alfador wrote:
...Curses. Pluraled again.

Isn't it ironic you had to use a the plural form of curse? Series is already in plural form, kind of like pants. You never seem to have just one. Those and shorts are always referred to 'in the many' as in a pair of yet bra is singular. Odd, neh?

Alfador · Post by **Alfador** » Mon Mar 11, 2002 7:07 pm

Perhaps I should have just said "serials." But then some people would think I was referring to murderers, and others would think I was referring to breakfast food.

TwoDifferentSox · Post by **TwoDifferentSox** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 1:50 am

On 2002-03-09 10:35, Andrick wrote:
Anyone ever notice how well lit every starship is in the depths of space? That and how when every ship randomly encounters another they are on exactly the same angle as for both to be 'right' side up and approaching each other head on?

Science, science fiction and entertainment rarely see eye to eye to eye.

Have you seen the Wing Commander movie?
How the one crashed little ship was pushed off the starting deck of the big ship and fell down?
Or how they all tried to be very silent on board of the spaceship, to avoid being heared by someone on the other spaceship, that flew by (still in outer space, I want to add)?

I find that kind of stuff amusing.

TOS · Post by **TOS** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 3:55 am

Or how they all tried to be very silent on board of the spaceship, to avoid being heared by someone on the other spaceship, that flew by (still in outer space, I want to add)?

Yep... I remember that one! In fact I remember laughing at the line, "Shhh, They'll hear us!" In the scene you mention, and then yelling at the screen in the middle of the theater, "NO THEY WON'T," Only to be shhh'd by other people at the movie.

I also remember a Star Trek episode where they were using a sound weapon in space to attack another ship. I don't remember all of the particulars of the episode, but I do remember that whomever wrote it did not quite understand decibel measurement. Assuming space did in fact have an atmosphere that could carry compression waves similar to that of Earth's, the particular weapon they were using would have been sufficient enough to destroy the other ship, any nearby planets, and the Enterprise as well for that matter.

In short, TDS... you're not the only one.

Allan_ecker · Post by **Allan_ecker** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 7:44 am

I remember that! That was that 10^15th decibel powered weapon, right? Making it something like 10^15^10 or 10^150th power. Stoopid hyooomans.

And, while there were many scientific inaccuracies in Wing Commander, my biggest gripe by far was the portrayal of the Kzin, uh, I mean Kilrathi, as these vaguely bug-like beings. Why the HELL do aliens have to be either bug-like and hostile, or cute and cuddly and friendly? For this reason, Hollywood will probably never do "Nor Crystal Tears" by Alan Dean Foster, and that's just a huge shame.

Nitwit · Post by **Nitwit** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 8:06 am

On 2002-03-12 07:44, allan_ecker wrote:
Why the HELL do aliens have to be either bug-like and hostile, or cute and cuddly and friendly?

It called generating the appropriate audience response:

Big, ugly alien dies - test audience goes yay - desired response
Cute, cuddly creature dies - test audience gets all choked up - also the desired response.
Cuteish alien who's the bad guy dies - test audience gets terribly confused, movie execs get panicy, alien get changed to big, bad and ugly.

You can't really expect subtlety from a place that puts it name on the side of a hill in really big letters

TOS · Post by **TOS** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 8:59 am

On 2002-03-12 07:44, allan_ecker wrote:
I remember that! That was that 10^15th decibel powered weapon, right? Making it something like 10^15^10 or 10^150th power. Stoopid hyooomans.

Bingo! That was the decibel level! And they say that concerts are bad for your ears.

Allan_ecker · Post by **Allan_ecker** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 9:38 am

However, let us pause for a moment. If we are in space, then there are SOME debris, right? So perhaps, a sound weapon which could produce waves 10^150th times as powerful as a barely audible whisper might be able to slam interstellar hydrogen up against the side of a ship with such awesome force as to CRUSH IT LIKE A PATHETIC TIN CAN!! BWA HA HA HA HA..

Oops, sorry, I keep forgetting that I'm not evil anymore.

--Rick

Andrick · Post by **Andrick** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 12:43 pm

--Rick wrote:
...a sound weapon which could produce waves 10^150th times as powerful as a barely audible whisper might be able to slam interstellar hydrogen up against the side of a ship with such awesome force as to CRUSH IT LIKE A PATHETIC TIN CAN!...

The only problem I see there is the presence of the navigational deflector. You remember the deflector, right? That thing which deflects small particles from the ship when it travels, particularly at warp speeds? That low-powered device would easily defeat such an attack.

The sad thing is, I know junk like this but I can't remember who is my city mayor or the location of the local post office.

TOS · Post by **TOS** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 1:33 pm

Hmm... navigational deflectors, interstellar hydrogen, improbable weapons... Hell, they should have just thrown a couple of old speakers at the windows of the opposing ship while sending transmissions of internet porn over the emergency hailing frequencies to distract them. Imagine it,
"We get signal!"
"Main screen turn on!"
"Hellooo gentleman! I want all your base right here... Oooh... Mmmmm..."
::Crew looks at monitor intently::
"Holy #(*&... They are flinging old Cerwin Vegas at our bridge!"
::Sound of breaking glass::
::Cut to crew of Enterprise::
::Crew of Enterprise boogies down to "I'm Henry The 8th" by Hermin's Hermits, beer blast ensues on brige of Enterprise::
That would have been A: Effective, and B: Truly entertaining. Oh, and don't give me that excuse that the-internet-was-not-around-when-the-show-was-written thing... this does happen in the future after all!

Alfador · Post by **Alfador** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 3:21 pm

On 2002-03-12 08:06, Nitwit wrote:
Big, ugly alien dies - test audience goes yay - desired response
Cute, cuddly creature dies - test audience gets all choked up - also the desired response.
Cuteish alien who's the bad guy dies - test audience gets terribly confused, movie execs get panicy, alien get changed to big, bad and ugly.

But that doesn't stop NON-alien villains from being kyoote. I offer as an example: Dark Plush of Supermegatopia. A teddy bear. An eeeevil teddy bear.

Allan_ecker · Post by **Allan_ecker** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 4:18 pm

Now was that in a Hollywood movie? Nooooooo.

Alfador · Post by **Alfador** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 6:44 pm

That's because Hollywood people only cater to the largest common denominator! (We'd like it if it were lowest but it's not. We're evil and they're just dumb.

)

ZOMBIE USER 8511 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 8511** » Wed Mar 13, 2002 9:15 pm

On 2002-03-11 18:59, Andrick wrote:

Isn't it ironic you had to use a the plural form of curse? Series is already in plural form, kind of like pants. You never seem to have just one. Those and shorts are always referred to 'in the many' as in a pair of yet bra is singular. Odd, neh?

Historical basis: Originally, pants, (or pantaloons) were a pair of leggings that were worn with your breechclout to keep your legs warm. Eventually, the legs were attached to the upper part, but by then, the phrase was set. Think of the same evolution in stocking and pantyhose.

Same with 'pair of scissors', although, in some group's speech, it's 'He was standing there with a scissors in his hand.'

Nyamaza · Post by **Nyamaza** » Tue Apr 16, 2002 4:40 pm

Well, since I'm new to the forum I might as well post my stats here...

Real Name : Philip Johnson (No, not the one that stole 18.8 million dollars, though I wish I WAS!)
Prefered name : Phil
Aliases: Nyamaza
Height: 5' 11.5" (Damn you caffine, keeping me from 6 feet. DAMN YOU!!!!! Now gimmie another Mountain Dew)
Weight: Depends on the planet/gravitational constant
Wait: Depends, are you one of those... hyooooomans? If yes, back of the line!
Gender: Male
Sex: (RL) hand over a recent STD screening and I'll consider it (too responsible for my libido's good)
(OL) Lose the clothes before I lose 'em for you!
S.O.: Bi, male pref. I can imagine you with a better body, but you need a good personality.

Favorite UH Character : VOLAIR!!!!
Favorite UH strip : http://umlauthouse.keenspace.com/d/20010102.html ( a)I'm a taker, and b) There IS nothign like a good HOT shower or bath)
Favorite Daria Quote : I like having low self-esteem. It makes me feel special! - Jane
Favorite book series (plural): Xanth series by Piers Anthony, Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien, and the Ender's game/Shadow series by Orson Scott Card.
Favorite lines to live by from LOTR:
Not all who wander are lost.
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less then half of you half as well as you deserve.
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.

I'm also (if that's ok) Claiming Rick/Jake shipper #00082

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Andrick · Post by **Andrick** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 3:29 pm

Welcome to the board, Nyamaza. I'm sure someone is keeping track of thr shipper thing somewhere out there. They'll pipe up one way or the other.

By the way, I'm the forum's token Republican. Prepare to be oppressed! NYAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAA!

*cough* Excuse me.