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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 10:39 AM Original message |
Things I've learned from watching low-budget sci-fi |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Alien women |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. HA! Here's mine |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. 11: Aliens visiting Earth land almost exclusively in the United States |
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Servo300 (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Re: Sound in space |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That was Alien |
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Servo300 (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Ahhh... yes, |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:20 AM Original message |
"...and how it got into her underwear we'll NEVER know." |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Alien |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yeah: 'Alien' - which still had spaceship noise in space. |
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Kid_A (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. I've noticed that at some point in the near future... |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. I think that's "super string theory"! |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. LOL! |
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TroubleMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. I'll call Michio Kaku now |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 12:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. No, sorry. Calvin's father explained that effect. |
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Guy_Montag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 12:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I genuinely thought that the world was black & white |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. I always hate it when people just post a link |
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TheBlob (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. You can |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Much to my dismay, Apollo 13 also screwed up the sound in space thing |
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Skarbrowe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. bad Sci-fi movies |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. In space, no one can hear Ron Howard telling the sound effects guys |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. So Are We "Earthlings", "Terrans", "Earthers"... or WHAT? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. What do the stars tell you, Arwalden? |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Extropian? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yeah, I think that's more philosophy |
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MamaBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. According to the Firesign Theater Guys... |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. filthy Earthenoids! |
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Servo300 (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. The terms "galaxy" and "universe" are totally interchangable. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
19. One more |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Science officer "sweetcheeks" reporting for duty |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 05:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. And she's either wearing a miniskirt or a really tight catsuit |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
20. A few more.... |
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tsakshaug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
21. another |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. Atomic accidents produce gigantism |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Equipment will still be clunky and will break down constantly |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. "I can't shoot it! The gun is jammed!!" |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. In the future, preventive maintenance will be rather spotty n/t |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Geology of alien worlds: rocks are igneous, sedimentary and styrofoam |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Also, around 2150, 80s New Wave music will inexplicably become cool n/t |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Not only that.... |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. "There are some things man was not meant to know." |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. Not only are universal translators instantaneous... |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. Everybody travels back in time to 1980's America. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. For males, having a love interest ensures survival. |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Always bet against the guy in the red shirt (except Scotty) n/t |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. it started out as a cliche, |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. Figuring out how to operate an alien spacecraft takes only minutes... |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. Soylent Green = people |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
45. Sounds like sci-fi in general |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. When entering a room where the monster is hiding... |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
47. nobody seems to suffer adverse effects when changing gravities ... |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
48. from sci-fi novels: in the future, in far flung corners of the universe |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-04 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
51. Our captain-hero always gets to meet the planetary ruler. |
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