NS> hardly watched every episode of t new Outer Limits. What has
NS> offended me most about the show is that, with one notable exception,
NS> all of the scripts of the shows that I've seen have been BAD --
NS> poorly written pieces of trash. The one exception was the screen
NS> adaptation of a Larry Niven story, INCONSTANT MOON. That one wasn't
NS> done half bad. And IMNSHO, SFX will NEVER make up for a bad
NS> script...
How right you are, nicky boy, how right you are.
>:{
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Msg : 105 of 154
From : Leman Russ 1:2250/7 .åō 06 .ūí 96 04:02
To : Bob Klahn
Subj : Re: WHITE STAR = THE DEFI
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
BK> Someone once told me that during and before WW2 the British would
BK> design a
BK> fighter aircraft as the most aerodynamic fighting machine they
BK> could, then
BK> move things where they had to in order to give the pilot room to
BK> fit in. The
BK> US, OTOH, would design a cockpit for the pilot, then desesign an
BK> airplane
BK> around that. The US plane tended to require more horse power, but
BK> either
BK> would work just fine. The British plane would be more efficient,
BK> but the US
BK> plane would be superior for long range and long duration flights.
IOW, the britts considered ergonomics to be secondary and the Americans made
it primary. This is true, and the germans were ever worse about ergonomics.
The nazi fighters, like the Me-101, were powerful, well armed and effective but
had THE RST ergonomics of anything since the iron maiden. I, a war and war
machine buff, watched a show about WW2 fighters and a nexpert talked about how
the nazi fighters compared to their allied counterparts and he said the same
things you did.
In SF, I guess the klingons don't do ergonomic designs because they'd consider
it weak to want things comfortable, which is why theirships can't win a fair
fight.
>:[
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Msg : 106 of 154
From : Don Bach 1:3632/65 .åō 06 .ūí 96 18:27
To : Leman Russ
Subj : The sf channel
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
LR> Does anyone here have the sf channel? If so does it do
LR> anything but show old shows? Does it have Japanimation?
LR> Original programming? whatever?
I gave up on my local cable system and got Primestar just to get SciFi. The
picture and sound are both perfect.
SciFi does some new shows and shows some Japanimation. Very little original
programming.
Monday - Thursady schedule features Animation Station (cartoons like Star Wars,
Ewocks, Back to the Future, etc.), Lost in Space, Beauty & the Beast, Dark
Shadows, assorted features from the "SciFi Channel Series Collection", Alfred
Hitchcock, Tales from the Darkside, Night Gallery, Ray Bradbury, Buck Rodgers,
The Incredible Hulk, The Bionic Woman, Six Million Dollar Man, Twilight Zone,
Monsters, Forever Knight, Quantum Leap and a nightly movie based on a weekly
theme (this week (Marvel Heroes Week): The Incredible Hulk Returns, Captain
America 2, Dr Strange, and Amazing Spider Man) or alternating between the Series
Collection and Friday the 13th: The Series. Friday adds The Anti-Gravity Room
(original??), Battlestar Galactica, Masters of Fantasy (original), C-Net Central
(produced with USA Network), Kolchak: The Nightstalker, Sci-Fi Buzz and In Space
(original). Saturday adds more movies (this Saturday: Lensman, Mandroid, The
Fury, Within the Rock), The Odyssey, Dracula, Swamp Thing and Max Headroom.
Sunday adds Mad Scientist, Space:1999, Starman, more movies (this Sunday:
Rosemary's Baby), Amazing Stories, Alien Nation, War of the Worlds and Father
Dowling Mysteries.
I enjoy most of the offering, but some of it is trash. For the movie theme this
week, Stan Lee is hosting the movies and offering commentary. Several weeks ago
was Planet of the Apes week and they had Roddy McDowell host. Other themes have
been insects, inaccurate anatomy, etc.
When I first looked into Primestar, it looked only slightly more than the local
cable service. However, we opted for 2 receivers. With 3 HBO, 2 Cinemax and 2
Disney channels, we are paying about $80 per month. However, we didn't have the
buy the dish which will become obsolete in 2 years.
There are alternatives to your local cable service (Primestar, DSS, and wireless
cable). Why put up with them?
Don
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Msg : 107 of 154
From : Don Dellmann 1:154/750 .˙ō 07 .ūí 96 16:24
To : James Walton
Subj : The state of Chalker
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
.TID: FastEcho 1.45b.b2 8060
While tripping merrily through the mail, James Walton was overheard
DD> I enjoy Chalker, even though he does seem to have one rather
DD> "kinky fetish" that runs through a lot of his work (Chalker
DD> fans will know what I mean).
JW> That "kinky fetish" is what Chalker calls his "trademark."
I guess as long as he doesn't show up at cons wearing a dress we're
OK :-)
DD> I especially enjoyed the "Changewind" stories, "The Devil
DD> Will Drag You Under", "Downtiming The Night Side" and the
DD> "G.O.D. Inc." stories, although he will always best be
DD> remembered for the "Well of Souls" stories (and the "Four
DD> Lords Of The Diamond" aren't too bad either).
JW> Except for the addition of the "Dancing gods" series, I have noting to
JW> add or argue with.
I should have mentioned them...
CBIP _Demons Of The Dancing Gods_ 182/257 (far about the fourth time)
About the only ones I couldn't really get into were the "Rings of the Masters",
and I haven't read any of the "Soul Rider" books, are they any good?
Don
... Who is this Jim fellow and why is he so "slippery"??
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Msg : 108 of 154
From : Brion Lienhart 1:213/700.2 .åō 06 .ūí 96 16:34
To : Glenn Misztal
Subj : Lois and Clark
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
On Wed May 29, Glenn Misztal said to All:
-GM>S
-GM>P
-GM>O
-GM>I
-GM>L
-GM>E
-GM>R
-GM>S
-GM>!
-GM>!
-GM>_
-GM>Did anyone watch Lois and Clark get "married" last night? Well, Clark
-GM>married a *CLONE* of Lois! I for one am sick and tired of shocker
-GM>plot-lines like this... Lois and Clark have just broken off their
-GM>engagement in the comics and Clark is started to date a Mermaid...(No
That was last season here in the US. I guess you don't want to hear about this
season's shocker plot-line cliff-hanger season ending. One thing you have to
remember is that except for the names, the TV show and the comics don't have
anything in common. I gave up on the Superman comics the first time Superman
died.
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Msg : 109 of 154
From : David Johnston 1:342/14 .˙ō 07 .ūí 96 00:23
To : Vicki Nichols
Subj : Forever Knight
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
-> Well, as a staunch science fiction fan ever since I could read,
-> I'm a
-> little embarrassed to bring THIS one up as it isn't strictly science
-> fiction...but does/did anyone else out there watch "Forever Knight"?
I watched up until the most recent season. What I regret is that they
never introduced any other supernatural elements.
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Msg : 110 of 154
From : David Johnston 1:342/14 .˙ō 07 .ūí 96 01:16
To : Bob Klahn
Subj : Inconsistent Shadows.
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
-> I find most SF shows have little idea of what the passage of time
-> actually means. I find it hard to believe in the Mimbarii not
-> advancing significantly in a thousand years. I can't believe at all
-> that a sentient species could
Of course there's no particular reason to think that the Mimbarii
haven't advanced significantly, although they are obviously a more
conservative species than humanity.
-> I can't imagine the Jedi keeping the peace in any Galatic political
-> system for a thousand generations.
I doubt they did, if you mean preventing all warfare for that time
frame. But the Jedi certainly would have tried to keep peaces and could
reasonably have survived for that long, and maintained the Republic
throughout.
-> I believe a thousand years from now even the human race will have
-> advanced to technology that will literally be magic to us. Just the
-> rate of change we experience now should give that result, and the
-> rate is increasing.
I often suspect that rather than increasing, it is leveling out. After
all, in the last thirty years, I haven't noticed anything more than
trivial improvements apart from the field of cybernetics...at least in
day-to-day living. As Calvin noted, we're almost in the 21st century.
Where are the jet-packs, et cetera?
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Msg : 111 of 154
From : David Johnston 1:342/14 .˙ō 07 .ūí 96 01:17
To : Bob Klahn
Subj : Inconsistent Shadows.
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
-> This possibilty has occured to me, and it is reasonable. It implies
-> the Shadows essentially know everything there is to know. OTOH, there
-> are other races alluded to who are more advanced than the Shadows.
Who would those races be?
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Msg : 112 of 154
From : Frank Glover 1:2613/477 .˙ō 07 .ūí 96 20:06
To : Henry Triplett
Subj : Re: Lois and Clark
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
HT> GM> engagement in the comics and Clark is started to date a
HT> Mermaid...(No
HT> GM> lie! Her name is Lori Lemaris 'L.L.' - typical.) Seeing Mulder
HT> blown
HT> GM> up, was enough, but this season shocker is really bad....
HT>
HT> A mermaid?!? That's a new one! (I think.)
Not really. If you've been around long enough to remember the DC Universe
before the `Crisis on Infinite Earths' re-arrainged everything, you'd know Lori
as one of the many women with L.L. initals that Supes gets involved with. Lori
was killed of in that series (as was the Supergirl who was his cousin Kara). but
many of these characters seem to be coming back in rather different forms.
This is the new, improved Lori Lemaris.
Frank
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