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Exactly what I was attempting too say Trillian (sorry peeps I sometimes get carried away with the science side!!!), as for your arms feeling that pressure, well as your nerve impulses run from your fingertips through your arms then you will still get a sensation of force being applied, your muscles contract because of an electrical response from your brain.
The same prinicple is used too work muscle pads, short electric pulses are sent directly to the muscle which causes it too flex independently of your brain, but these pads give off a higher current than these gloves, as your fingertips are helluva lot more sensitive and don’t require much stimulation for your brain to register a response.
An exoskeleton simply is not required here as you will not move to an oject, it will move to you, but the same applies to your feet, if pads were applied to your feet you could essentially move in VR without your legs being in motion, however legs are more difficult as keeping your balance would be tricky too acheive.
ADMquote:
Originally posted by Rag:
****!!! Soz FX. Still easy mistake to make. Those female variety geezers are getting everywhere these days.
Cheers for the heads up mate. So where are these photos then? It would be nice to put faces to names, and avoid similar slip ups in the future
FX put some up when she and a few other’s went to Salter Street to see the last of Lexx being done, don’t know if they are still up though.
You’ll have to ask her, mind you after what I’ve said she’ll probably say no!!!
ADMBTW, I did see the BBC’s version of it, didn’t like it at all, as an adult you can’t seem too appreciate the same things as when you were a kid, and the BBC’s version was just for children and just didn’t have an epic feel that this book gives, maybe because it was for T.V.
As a kid I remember Godzilla and saturday morning cartoons, well they made a mess of Godzilla, so I guess that other childhood memories like the Narnia chronicles don’t go the same way.
ADMThat’s so weird, I was thinking that in light Of LOTR someone might look at the Narnia chronicles and lo and behold.
I can always remember The Hobbit and LOTR as being more for children, but Peter Jackson has brillantly brought this stunning work to an adult audience, without it appearing as being just for children.
I think the same should (and probably will) happen with The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, but I hope that it doesn’t do a Harry Potter, as I am in the firm belief that those films are for children.
For me the success of LOTR is it’s dark theme, and if they can apply the same to Lion,Witch & Wardrobe then it should prove just as popular.
I remember this book so well, and it occured to me just how much like it was too LOTR in terms of mixing it’s darkness with it’s light hearted side.
According to the movie site it will remain faithful to the book, although the choice of director seems to lean to a more child orientated audience or a tleast injecting a more humourous approach. Apparently the guy who did Shrek takes the helm, so I can’t help thinking it will be kinda ‘Shrekish’, i.e really good humour but not enough darkness, so I’m really hoping for an epic masterpiece like LOTR.
ADM8 Best Moderator – My contact with Mods has been limited, and I dunno what they do behind the scenes… But FX (for his delicate phrasing when shifting one of my posts),
Rag me ol china, FX is of the female variety, and a very nice looking one at that (I’ve seen the pics)!!!
ADMquote:
Originally posted by CBrate:
True, you will feel pressure when you virtually touch something but your hand still isn’t encountering any resistance (not that I see any such sensations being experienced virtually any time soon).
I can’t say for sure, but I imagine that the system will allow for varying degrees of resistance, as it will be used for doctors performing surgery and battlefield simulations, and I would think that in this it would need resistance.
As the tactile unit is meant too send an impulse to your brain, I would say that it fools your brain into believing that you were encountering resistance, as far as I am aware so long as you send the right signal too the brain, you can make it believe anything.
I guess it’s similar to being blind, when blind you’re brain has too form an image in your mind for it too use an item such as a chair, the same would apply here, touch is basically an added tool to allow you to have an understanding of how something works, your eyes just guide you, but it is touch that tells you how to manipulate an object. So with this technology it is just sending your brain an instruction of what it is your touching and how to use it, like you would do normally.
With this in mind, it’s possible to feel hold and cold, or the touch of a virtual pet, the possibilities are endless, you’ve seen it in science fiction many times, it’s just another one of those things that have become a reality.
ADMIn a word ‘Boring’.
It seemed like Dark Angel without the sexy babe and action, so it didn’t interest me!!!
Seriously though, I’ve never liked that Strazynski (spelling?) bloke, I always thought his work boring, and this just seems to reinforce my view.
It’s another been there, done that post apocalyptic tosh, but like everything I will give it a chance, but this is the 4th recent sci-fi that looks like crap, the other’s 3 being Andromeda, Mutant X and Odyssey 5, all of which have been absolute drivel.
Jeremiah did not hold my attention, and it being on at 10pm just makes it even harder to stay awake. I can’t decide whether the boobs, the swearing and the sex are a lame attempt to gather interest or is integral to the show.
On the whole it’s not something I’m getting excited about, and in the months that this forum has been up, it would appear our American cousins haven’t found it interesting either.
I feel a bit sorry for Luke Perry, obviously his comeback vehicle, could’ve have chosen better Luke!!!
My guess is that it’ll get two seasons before the axe falls, hopefully Strazynski will be thinking about retiring…here’s hoping.
ADMRag, I should point out that you don’t know Bonnee as well as you might think, he has a long history of getting people agitated, which goes back long before you joined the board.
He has upset not only Flame, but Aleck, Squishy and our dear FX (now you’re gotta be real bad to upset FX!!!), and when he first came here he decided to deride Lexx on a daily basis, Lexx fans can take a few shots, but this was constant.
He calmed down for a bit, and we thought we’d seen a good side to him, yet there was still the odd occasion where he’d try to whip up a storm. Recently he went back to his nasty ways, and I think the Big Sad (I like that, I can imagine the geezer getting his hair bleached blond!!!) had decided that he’s given him enough rope to hang himself and called time on his antics.
As for Mandara and myself, well a simple misreading of each other’s posts is at fault there, certainly no intention too flame each other.
The difference with DT and Bonnee, is that DT made some remarks which he didn’t realise could be mistrued, Bonnee knew exactly what he was saying and none of it was by accident.
Personally with Bonnee gone I can only see less flare-ups between board posters, but yes having a good healthy go at each other is certainly better than being sweet all the time!!!(it can relieve a bit of tension).
ADMRag, I should point out that you don’t know Bonnee as well as you might think, he has a long history of getting people agitated, which goes back long before you joined the board.
He has upset not only Flame, but Aleck, Squishy and our dear FX (now you’re gotta be real bad to upset FX!!!), and when he first came here he decided to deride Lexx on a daily basis, Lexx fans can take a few shots, but this was constant.
He calmed down for a bit, and we thought we’d seen a good side to him, yet there was still the odd occasion where he’d try to whip up a storm. Recently he went back to his nasty ways, and I think the Big Sad (I like that, I can imagine the geezer getting his hair bleached blond!!!) had decided that he’s given him enough rope to hang himself and called time on his antics.
As for Mandara and myself, well a simple misreading of each other’s posts is at fault there, certainly no intention too flame each other.
The difference with DT and Bonnee, is that DT made some remarks which he didn’t realise could be mistrued, Bonnee knew exactly what he was saying and none of it was by accident.
Personally with Bonnee gone I can only see less flare-ups between board posters, but yes having a good healthy go at each other is certainly better than being sweet all the time!!!(it can relieve a bit of tension).
ADMquote:
Originally posted by mandara k:
Are you done now? May be you want to pick at something else. May be I see your point; may be i don’t really care what you think; I’ll come off it if you stop picking apart what i say and may be this is the time to go back to topic.Why do I even try to post; all peeps do is pick, pick, pick; take generalized topics and make them nasty. get off it; yeah, it is true that there is more boy bands but the push is for teenage girls.
Look, ADM, I don’t know you’ you don’t know me; so the hostile words breed hostility. I did not go into your home and kick your dog around, right?
Whoa there Mandara, that was not a hostile post at all (if it had been then Sad would’ve edited it), it was merely to point out that the exploitation of the human body isn’t solely restricted to women.
It sounds like you need a break Mandara, as I can’t understand your reaction to what is a fair point, and I could easily take offence to you tarring us fellas with the same brush…but I didn’t, instead I pointed out that we’re not all drooling perverts.
So to reiterate, I’m not out too pick apart your posts and it was definitely not to show any hostility.
ADMI’m going to see it, but I have too say it’s a stupid time too realise this movie, it’s going up against Lord of the Rings, so it’s no surprise it won’t do so well.
I get the feeling they wanted this too happen, as the general vibe is that this will be the last Generation movie.
This could well be the end for trek movies, I can’t see the Voyager crew getting a run and Enterprise doesn’t inspire much hope either.
And to be honest the premise does seem to be another rip from the series, the same seemed to happen with Insurrection, where a similar story appeared in the TNG series, for me Insurrection was not good, First Contact was excellent and had they done the same principle then Nemesis could’ve been good.
I think most aren’t interested in a Romulan storyline, the Romulans don’t offer a big enough threat for a movie, and yes I know it’s the Remans who play a pivotal role, but the fact is that they don’t carry anywhere near the threat of the Borg.
That’s not too say make another Borg movie as they’ve done the Borg thing to death, but they really needed a foe equally as menacing… and the Romulans/Remans just don’t cut the mustard.
ADMGive it time rag, it grows on you.
Lexx was unique as it was totally different from the endless sci-fi series that were just rehashed ideas.
For me it’s charm lay with the three blokes who decided to do a series their way, no major backing from big movie studios, just three guys who did something that was fun and original.
But it is an aquired taste, many people just thought it was weird, and if you caught it mid season you wouldn’t know the hell was going on. The humour was bizarre but funny, but it’s major plus was that is was original and it didn’t care who it offended.
Look around at other Sci-fi series, Lexx put’s them to shame as they were so formulaic and were made to order, i.e they made a series that could not go beyond traditional sci-fi ideals…but Lexx did.
I think the best way to describe Lexx is too compare it with Star Trek of the 60’s, very camp tongue in cheek humour, with plenty of sexual references to maintain the idea that this was adult sci-fi.
No one expected this odd mix in a sci-fi series and it was a breath of fresh air, but it did keep that difficult balance of keeping you interested in what happened.
It’s difficult to reflect on it now, as at the time everyone had so much too talk about when the new eps came out.
I think you’ll find it difficult to get your head round it first time out, many of us caught the show 2-3 times before we finally became to love it, and I suggest you do the same, there’s no point going back to it right now as you don’t feel so good about it and will have you’re mind set as too what you think, give it a couple of weeks and treat each episode with an open mind, and if possible watch it once a week as if it were still running.
It’s a fine piece of Sci-fi, but it may not be for you, if it isn’t then that’s fine, many of the Lexx fans have had people who don’t get it asking where the charm lies, so long as you don’t come to the board rubbishing it!!!
ADMIt’s done by tactile response, basically the gloves send nerve impulses to the brain that are simulated by the computer, in essence it’s the same theory as bionics.
Not the bionics of the Six Million Dollar Man, but the technology exists to implant a small microprocessor that would be attached to an artificial limb, so although you would not get full motor activity with the prosthesis, you would be able to do basic movements like picking something up.
As the brain receives electrical impulses to guide your movements, the glove sends the same impulses by inducing pressure on certain nerves to imitate touch, the clever part is how the computer decides how much pressure is involved.
The computer is programmed to know how much of a charge or pressure is needed too to get the get the right ‘feel’.
Possibly the closest Sci-fi film to mimic this is The Lawnmower Man, and by the sounds of it the virtual world is not far off being like Jobe’s.
ADMquote:
Originally posted by mandara k:
I’ll apologize anyway; not all men want to see that;I was playing the odds.i have nothing against a fantasy life; but do all of us have to be subjected to the same? As long as openess and acceptance is not part of the collective; I will be an outsider pecking at status quo. It’s a cr– job but I suppose someone should do it.now can we all play nicey-nice; or will it be time -out for all of us; me for being inflamatory? well, peeps are posting, is that not a step in the rt. direction?
Not wanting to pick a fight Mandara, but come off it, the same ‘flesh selling aspect’ applies to women as well, i.e all the boy bands who for some reason find it neccessary to show their six packs off at any opportunity.
And I for one wouldn’t buy an album based on the front cover art, in fact I think only male Mariah fans would take note of that.
BTW, Mariah is 32, so doesn’t belong in the 15-30 (I haven’t seen many 15 year olds baring cleavage recently!!!) age group.
It never used to be this way, but women’s interests are marketed just as much nowadays.
ADMquote:
Originally posted by Crashbug11:
Simply put, I was wondering why bonne never replied to flamegrapes little rant. It isn’t that hard to get into contact with people who list their e-mail in their profile. I asked why he hadn’t responded, and he said he couldn’t respond.Plus, “I’m not letting you abuse another fan.” is very telling.
[ 17-12-2002: Message edited by: Crashbug11 ]
Bizarre that, you claim to be a lurker who has never posted and never actually communicated with Bonnee before, yet you choose to contact via personal e-mail a complete stranger on a little feud that has nothing to do with you…suspicious much.
Now either you’re really nosey or you’re not who you claim to be…my guess is the latter.
ADMNo not a scientist but thanks for the compliment Rag!!!
As far as I’m aware Ionization is caused by the use of electrons or an electron field, which causes Ion’s to seperate for a brief period of time and then recombine, this has the effect of a release of energy, which at at a low charge can remove impurities from the air and in water.
In the case of a fire it may help with giving someone more time to breath if the fire has produced high levels of carbon monoxide, you can actually buy Ionized fire detectors, which may give you more time to flee before being overcome by noxious fumes.
ADMFirst off can someone check to see if the above posts are actually original and not the old troll trick of disguising who you are under a new sig.
Secondly and most importantly, if you are new or been lurking then you will realise that Flame has been a longtime member and has contributed alot in the past.
I’m still fairly new here and it didn’t take me long too realise just what type of character Bonnee really is…he is a troll…nothing more, nothing less.
And most of the people here have had run ins with Bonnee in the past, I personally haven’t had the pleasure, but i’ve seen Bonnee in action, and Bonnee’s always looking to stir it.
So Flame, you’re not alone in your thoughts, and ignore the above posts, it’s most likely Bonnee posting under different guises, like I said typical Troll trick that doesn’t fool anyone.
ADMI don’t know for sure, but I would hazard a guess at it being down to the reactive state of the particles.
Like most atoms, if you excite them then they produce an energy source, with ions it could be possible to control their interaction, maybe exciting them on a small degree to cleanse a house (perhaps to remove any dangerous residue or chemicals left over from the fire), and too a larger degree to create enough power to acheive space flight.
I’ve also heard that ionization can remove static build up, and that term has also applied to the planets atmosphere or a planets atmosphere.
ADMGood ol Al!!!, the thing that puzzles me about Einstein is his unfinished Unified Field Theory, in all this time since no one has managed too complete it, says a lot about Eini.
That theory has been touted as the mother of them all, and has been linked with such mysterious goings on like The Philadelphia Experiment.
The theory suggests that one single power controls the universe and if we harnessed it then we would hold the power of the universe, in a way it might be just as well he didn’t finish it, if this research was finished then some idiot might have decided to create a weapon more terrifying than the H-bomb.
Still, I can’t imagine that this theory isn’t being put into practice somewhere.
ADMquote:
Originally posted by fluffy bunny:
With all these numbers next to our names when we post I must askwho is number 6?
I think the Geezer is no3, so I’m presuming that Jesus and God get the 1 & 2 slot, and no6 is someone like Elvis or Mother Theresa!!!
ADMquote:
Originally posted by snooklepie:
i’ve thought about this one a few times, i don’t know what you or anyone else thinks of the idea… how about a section called ‘Science Faction’?? we all probably hear things about the science and technology involved in the shows we love, but i tend to think they get a little lost in the ‘General’ section. i buy Star Trek Monthly regularly, and that has a page in it called ‘Treknology’, which details the latest breakthroughs on the lines of Star Trek Technology, as well as info on some of the latest astronomical discoveries and phenomena. it’s one of the first sections i read. i just though it would be good to cater for those of us that have an interest in the science as well as the fiction
I’m for that as well, there certainly is a lot going on in the scientific world that reflects on Star Trek, but most of the time it never get’s heard about.
I think nowadays a lot of projects are dependent on public reaction and media attention, but a lot of the time they are just not reported and we never learn of them.
So yes please to a forum like that.
ADMFirstly I’m sick of reality t.v shows like the awful popstars, it’s trash for trash, it’s for the bored stupid generation who have difficulty motivating the single brain cell they possess, the same people who watch soaps.
As for Star Trek, well I’ve said it before, the people who like the show are genuine and friendly, but unfortunately the media pick out the worst and put them on public display, i.e the balding overweight 40 somethings who walk around in ill fitting starfleet garb, and those who have an I.Q of 10 and can’t put a single sentence together and laugh for no reason.
I recently saw a documentary called Trekkers and it did not once focus on your everyday joe in the street, but on the people who just make you cringe.
Now with that kind of exposure it really is no surprise people see only one side to the star trek phenomenon.
It’s sad to say, but in most people’s mind if you like Trek, then you must also be a loner and like trainspotting, to these people it’s impossible to believe that trek fans can also be someone who has lots of friends and goes out on the town, has lots of one night flings and is popular.
It’s a stigma that will never change.What’s up with Cordy?, is it really her?, I mean telling Angel she loves him and then getting it on with Connor, yeah Cordy was once queen bitch, but this is really low…I don’t think it’s Cordy at all.
I don’t think this can be ol’ nick or Satan if you will, it looked like Wesley did some damage before the big bad tossed him like a rag doll, for my money if it were the master of disaster then he would be beyond even the slightest bit of hurt.
Damn good ep though, and nice to see Wes back in the fold.
BTW, above posts…wrong forum!!!
ADM
P.S Can someone tell me when the new Buffy and Angel eps get aired in the U.S?New Year might be good anyway Rag, as it would seem that Buffy and Angel are 1 ep away from having that wonderful American invention called a Hiatus, so no Buff or Angel until the new year, I was thinking of downloading Enterprise…but it looks pants so I won’t bother!!!
In the meantime I’ve just found out that some moooovies are downloadable so I’m gonna have a stab at Reign of Fire in ultra glorious technicolour…or otherwise known as Divx!!!
BTW I hate Kazaa, I’m letting loads of peeps have my files so I can get my participation level up(407 Guru at the moment), and those barstools keep knocking 100 points off it everytime I log off, so when you do get ADSL, Kazaa is a pain that I wouldn’t recommend.
ADMYea I agree Mr Sadgeezer, I raise my goblet to the great Broadband God for giving me the gift of high speed downloads, and having pity on the lesser mortals (those being 56k users in case you were wondering!)
I’ve downloaded four new buffy eps on Kazaa in the last week, but oddly even with ADSL you still get sometimes a slow connection to some sites, but that’s probably due to traffic.
Rag you must join the club, it’s pretty cheap now and becoming widespread, come and enjoy some delicious nutricious broadbandy goodness!!!
ADMHowz about Anakin for the boy, and Analise (a Stargate SG-1 character) for the girl?
That’s of course assuming you’re an SG-1 or Star Wars fan!
ADMquote:
Originally posted by Chamileon:
I saw the first three eps and I thought they were very good. It’s very different to sci-fi nowadays – but have you noticed the similarities between B7 and Farscape?
There’s a whole article on it somewhere and from the sounds of the article, Farscape is basically just a rip-off.
Is there a Sci-fi show that Farscape doesn’t rip off!!!
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Originally posted by snooklepie:
this may be a bit of a heavy subject, but during the many occasions when i’ve been bored stiff at work, i’ve been going through in my mind various points about my favourite shows. one thing i came up with was “would i be willing to play host to a Tok’ra simbiant” (‘scuse spelling!!!), whether or not i was ill. how would i handle having someone else in my head? how would i be about the whole idea?
let me know what you think!!!
Well Sam Carter’s Dad benefitted from it quite well, as he gained some good memories and some bad, and a symbiot who made him laugh, plus curing cancer and arthritis can’t be bad.
And as the exchange is done by a kiss instead of the painful Go’auld way of getting it in the gut or the back of the neck, would seem to make it easier for the host.
Besides, imagine how many people you can impress down the pub by lighting up your eyes and talking in a deep growl without having a sore throat…cool!!!
But then you could end up with a miserable old goat like Letesh (Martouf’s symbiot)!!!
On the whole sounds like a good thing…where do I sign up!!!
ADMquote:
Originally posted by the chameleon:
Just wondering… has anyone here seen Blake’s 7, and what’s it like?
And can I get spoilers?!
What’s it like you ask?…well probably the best sci-fi show around at the time, in my view better than Dr Who, as it was a lot more gritty, whereas Dr Who sometimes tried to appeal to really young children and on some occasions that would make it pretty bad (see Bonnie Langford eps!!!), but Blake’s Seven never lost that coolness about it.
But you gotta see past the awful 70’s clothing and sets to see how good this programme really was.
Look out for Servalan, the original queen bitch, she really does an excellent job of being the nemesis of the Blake’s Seven crew, and of course Avon….kind of like the Chandler for the 70’s, just without the humour, but his dry wit and dour look made him a brillant character.
The one person I never got to see was Blake himself, I think he made an appearance in the first ep, but I don’t remember seeing him again.
BTW, wasn’t the Liberator like the Lexx, in that it was a mega-powerful ship with it’s own personality?, and like Lexx it was stolen by mercenaries…I might be wrong.
ADMThe first batch of PS2’s did have multi regional capacity, I’ve got one and it plays region 1,2 and 4 (haven’t tried region 3).
Older DVD’s (not players) did allow to change region, but now they allow for only 4 changes, some only allow one.
I would recommend Sony for a player, but not one for use with a P.C, I’ve had two and they were really bad, but the players are quality.
It does seem to take alot of shopping around to get a multi-region DVD nowadays, and I don’t think it will be too long before it will be impossible to get hold a player that allows for it.Aaaargh…looks like I’ve missed it this week, any idea when they post the files so I can get me grubby paws on them???
I tried Kazaa as well, talk about slow…broadband=596kb per second…Kazaa download speed slower than the 56k modem I just got rid of…I got broadband to get away from this sort of thing…that’ll teach me!!!
Anyhoo, thanx for the help, I still may need a little more advice, like anywhere else I can get the Buffster, or Angel and maybe a nice slice of Enterprise.
Cheers…Or maybe Xander mocked him with his Monkey breath. “Kill me first”… “I love you Willow” … “I don’t want to live in this world without you…” (can’t remember all the exact words) One of the few completely selfless moments of any of the characters in the last series. I can’t imagine a really evil power manipulating Xander.
Howz about Dracula then?, he manipulated Xander pretty darn well and Drac’s a major evil player…ok I now need to shut up and get a life!!!…sorry to butt in.
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Originally posted by snooklepie:
dunno how long they’ve been showing it (i’m normally out shopping at that time) but i was in front of the TV yesterday when the SkyOne announcer said that all-new EFC would be on at 3pm (3pm on a Saturday afternoon? that says a lot about a show for a start. anything thats new that’s any good is usually shown by them between 8pm-10pm on a weekday)…anyway, i stopped in…and for some reason, i actually sat there and watched a whole episode. my verdict?
P A N T S ! ! ! it has got to have been the biggest pile of poo i have seen in a long time. i’ll be making sure to get out and do the shopping earlier next week. taking the dog for a walk in a howling gale would be more fun!!
To be fair Snooklepie, it’s one of those series that you have to watch from the beginning to get what’s going on, otherwise it will seem like nonsensical rubbish.
I personally have enjoyed the programme, and although other’s here have judged the last season harshly, I’ve found it ok, but nowhere near as good as the previous seasons, but it’s still quite good.
ADMquote:
Originally posted by snooklepie:
wasn’t James Farentino the pilot in the Blue Thunder TV series?i watched all that sort of stuff during the ’80s- even the A-team!!! ahhhh…don’t make TV like that these days….
I think he may have played the co-pilot alongside Roy Schneider, mainly because both Schneider and Farantino were biggish stars at this time and may have done a one off film but no more, but I may be wrong.
I do remember the guy who played Garth (Dana Garvey?) alongside Mike Myers in Wayne’s World being in the series as co-pilot, but I’m not sure who played the lead role.
ADMYep, Lexx has dimentia, I take it you haven’t seen the whole season so I won’t give anymore away, but you probably realise yourself that this tends to happen at a certain time.
ADMThe trucks in Knightrider was either GARTH or Goliath, something with a G at any rate.
I loved Blue Thunder, it was the first time I’ve seen an Apache and it looked awesome, and yes it was more realistic then.
But Airwolf was a good slice of fantasy, and I prefer it becuase the music rocked while was Airwolf going into action…a real adrenalin rush!!!
I saw quite a lot Manimal, and how sad is this but I remember the actor (coz he’s a Brit)…Simon McCorkindale (spelling??), and for a bonus point can anyone remember the creatures he could morph into?
ADMquote:
Originally posted by Cat:
Talking about Airwolf and Automan (which I barely remember), anyone remember Streethawk, which was similar to Airwolf and of the same era but with a bike instead of a chopper.
That was one cool bike, and the name Jesse Mach was quite cool (at the time!) as well, but Airwolf was the better as it seemed more likely to have ultra sophisticated armanents strapped to a helicopter than a small motorbike.
I remember Manimal with fondness as well, but the effect of a man transforming into a hawk or a panther was like Dr Moreau and kinda scary, even though it was mostly just his hand that we got to see transform.
Automan was excellent, made Tron look like a novice!, especially the Automan Lamborghini with the blue outlines.
Anyone remember Blue Thunder?, a little less powerful than Airwolf, but it still kicked ass…ahhh, those were the days!!!
ADMThe definition of Sci-Fi is really the core of this argument, for me Sci-Fi is anything that envisages future technology or ideals that are either not possible or unthought of in our lifetimes.
And with that I would say that Knight Rider and it’s ilk fall into a sci-fi category.
Trouble is, is that most people class Sci-fi as Star Wars or Star Trek, which is fair enough, but Sci-fi is in itself science, where the people take current scientific theory and expand upon on it.
Even though Glen A Larson produced what is known as ‘pulp’ T.V, he was damn good at it, and the eighties called out for this type of T.V. I think if he got another stab at programmes like Knight Rider it would be done to suit the likes of today’s audiences and it would be bloody good!!!
ADMCouldn’t agree with you more, it was abysmal and extremely irritating, even Mutant X (which followed) was a better ep and that’s saying something because it was crap!!!
The mad people just got on my nerves, mainly because it was a comical unconvincing madness, they didn’t make it dramatical at all.
These people weren’t sinister as you would expect somebody off their trolley to be, and it just gave the impression that that could all do with a good smack to shut them up…but oh no, the Andromeda crew just sat around watching them, pondering what to do while they torture first Harper and then Tyr.
What was ridiculous was that Dylan didn’t send Rommie in too sort them out, bloody hell she’s stronger than Tyr and Dylan combined and nobody thought to let her get stuck into them.
All in all it was poor, and set the series back again in terms of ridiculous plotlines.
I get the feeling that Sorbo thinks he can get away with the same hi-jinks as Herc…wrong, Herc was tailormade for silly stories and it worked, but it don’t wash with Andromeda.
Most series can get away with a little hiccup in a season, but the difference with Andromeda is that it does it in spectacular style.
So now in the UK we have two programmes on a Monday night that prove how Sci-fi can be badly done…Andromeda and Mutant X, to be fair Andromeda still has a way to go before it plumbs the depths that Mutant X has reached, but more eps like this and Mutant X will have a bedfellow in the league of ultimate crap.
I’m gonna start rating Andromeda eps and I give this one a paltry 3 out of 10.
ADMCouldn’t agree with you more, it was abysmal and extremely irritating, even Mutant X (which followed) was a better ep and that’s saying something because it was crap!!!
The mad people just got on my nerves, mainly because it was a comical unconvincing madness, they didn’t make it dramatical at all.
These people weren’t sinister as you would expect somebody off their trolley to be, and it just gave the impression that that could all do with a good smack to shut them up…but oh no, the Andromeda crew just sat around watching them, pondering what to do while they torture first Harper and then Tyr.
What was ridiculous was that Dylan didn’t send Rommie in too sort them out, bloody hell she’s stronger than Tyr and Dylan combined and nobody thought to let her get stuck into them.
All in all it was poor, and set the series back again in terms of ridiculous plotlines.
I get the feeling that Sorbo thinks he can get away with the same hi-jinks as Herc…wrong, Herc was tailormade for silly stories and it worked, but it don’t wash with Andromeda.
Most series can get away with a little hiccup in a season, but the difference with Andromeda is that it does it in spectacular style.
So now in the UK we have two programmes on a Monday night that prove how Sci-fi can be badly done…Andromeda and Mutant X, to be fair Andromeda still has a way to go before it plumbs the depths that Mutant X has reached, but more eps like this and Mutant X will have a bedfellow in the league of ultimate crap.
I’m gonna start rating Andromeda eps and I give this one a paltry 3 out of 10.
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Originally posted by Flamegrape:
You know about Tony Anholt and Lexx, right?Flamegrape’s Maya Of Psychon Image Website[/url]
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Flamegrape, just tried to run defender and it crashed straight away, could you put up a system requirement list?
It’s looking good though, but I think you can make it look even better, it would appear that you have some good skills in modding, so check out Bridge Commander Network http://www.3dactionplanet.com/bridgecommander/%5B/url%5D to see how you can improve the eagle, they also have a Sol 3 pack which includes a Nasa photographed rendition of the Earth and the Moon, and it looks amazing.
I just think if you turned your hand to this then you’d be really doing us Space 1999 fans a service.
As they’re doing ships not just from Trek but also Star Wars and Babylon 5, you may even want to have a crack at Lexx (that would be one polygon monster!!!), but I’d love to see the Enterprise-E against the Lexx!!!.
Of course the only snag is, is that you need Bridge Commander the game and I think a certain 3d program to do the mods.
In the meantime any help in getting your current version running would be greatly appreciated.
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Originally posted by Logan:
I really enjoyed Space 1999 — haven’t seen it in almost twenty years probably. And I didn’t know Christopher Lee had been in any of them — I’ve got to see that. Man oh man, C. Lee was great in the Wicker Man, and Scaramanga was one of the best Bond villians of all time (he had three nipples you know, ahh, he would make a worthy adversary.)Dracula meets Space 1999, now that’s something I’d love to see.
I keep wondering about whether a remake of Space 1999 would ever work, obviously it would be better titled Space 2099, there was something about this series which kinda made it unique.
Even though the costumes were clearly 70’s gear it still did have a futuristic feel to it, Moonbase Alpha had this sterile future hospital feel about it. Another thing that seemed to make it good was that they never bragged about the tech, they kept it at a minimum, so as to not make it look so stupid when we look back at it.
It had a really good mix, sometimes it could be quite scary and other times it was really funny (though not intentionally), I particularly remember a monster that was like long tentacles from head to to toe with one large eye in the centre, I think it was the one where either the telepathic woman began to hallucinate, or the crew had been replaced by these creatures and she was the only one who could see them, and even though the creatures were quite funny to look at now…they and the premise was truly terrifying back then.
Also I have very fond memories of the Eagle’s, which in my opinion were the coolest ships of their time, well them and the Liberator from Blake’s 7.
ADMAre they taking in turns on each season to be crap?, the first season was laughable, bad writing, no consistency in the plots and simply put a joke.
The second season seemed like it was finally beginning to find it’s find, there were still some beyond ridiculous eps, but the nast teddy bears with claws God seemed to an adversary that would spice it up a little, even though the magog themselves are about as scary as, ummm….Jim Carrey!?!
And now the third season, not a bad start so I’m reserving judgment, yet the story didn’t make much sense and was disjointed.
Tyr and Bekka just walk back in and the response is like ‘oh your back then’, both of them being possessed, but to what end?, to fly the Andromeda into that tunnel to be destroyed…a bit lame.
But wait maybe at long last with the kicking of this director, Mr Sorbo has finally decided to take matters into his own hands, his experiences with Herc and Sam Raimi should help there, and we should start to see a programme that works.
It’s obvious that whoever is running the show is trying to rid the show of uneccessary stupidity and crass ideas that have plagued this show, so maybe Tyr’s ‘blades and Rommi’s hairstyle are small signs that Andromeda is tired of being ridiculed and is looking to grow up a little, it won’t suit everyone here but it will mean that less people will take cheap-shots at it.
I’ve only seen the first ep of season 3, so all of the above could be wrong and it could be another season one!!!
ADMAre they taking in turns on each season to be crap?, the first season was laughable, bad writing, no consistency in the plots and simply put a joke.
The second season seemed like it was finally beginning to find it’s find, there were still some beyond ridiculous eps, but the nast teddy bears with claws God seemed to an adversary that would spice it up a little, even though the magog themselves are about as scary as, ummm….Jim Carrey!?!
And now the third season, not a bad start so I’m reserving judgment, yet the story didn’t make much sense and was disjointed.
Tyr and Bekka just walk back in and the response is like ‘oh your back then’, both of them being possessed, but to what end?, to fly the Andromeda into that tunnel to be destroyed…a bit lame.
But wait maybe at long last with the kicking of this director, Mr Sorbo has finally decided to take matters into his own hands, his experiences with Herc and Sam Raimi should help there, and we should start to see a programme that works.
It’s obvious that whoever is running the show is trying to rid the show of uneccessary stupidity and crass ideas that have plagued this show, so maybe Tyr’s ‘blades and Rommi’s hairstyle are small signs that Andromeda is tired of being ridiculed and is looking to grow up a little, it won’t suit everyone here but it will mean that less people will take cheap-shots at it.
I’ve only seen the first ep of season 3, so all of the above could be wrong and it could be another season one!!!
ADMI think posting this once was enough, there’s no need to go and post it in four other places on the board.
Frankly, I couldn’t care less about the demise of Farscape, and it would appear that many other’s shared this view otherwise it would not have been canned, so we don’t need spam like this, it was bad enough the Sci-Fi channel ramming the programme down our throats without it’s fans doing the same.
You have your own forum on this board for Farscape, so would you kindly keep your propaganda messages confined to that area.
Try to remember that Farscape isn’t everyone’s fav programme.
ADMThe trouble is, is that sci-fi shows get tagged as cult, as as soon as that happens it is deemed to be unpopular to the mainstream audience.
Very few programmes have survived beyond cult status and the few that have are resigned to smaller networks, Lexx survived because it was happy with it’s lot, it accepted it’s cult status and carried on.
The one’s that think they can be bigger, i.e Farscape, Andromeda and Mutant X just fall flat on their faces, because they think they have a product that interest everyone and invest money in this belief, and when they do fail, the small followings they have scratch their heads and wonder why.
Stargate has held it’s own, and doesn’t belong in the category above, the same can be said about Star Trek and the X-Files, they did manage to appeal to broader audiences, but in turn the followers of the smaller sci-fi fayre (like above) decided these programmes to be unworthy, but regardless of this those programmes continued to draw in significant figures.
But it’s beginning to look more and more likely that new Sci-fi show’s need a big stage to reach the dizzy heights that Star Trek, The X-Files and Stargate SG-1 have enjoyed.
To be honest I think the Sci-Fi channel is actually detrimental to new sci-fi, but then Andromeda and Mutant X still go to show that disasters can still happen away from the sci-fi channel.
I guess Sci-fi has now become unoriginal and it’s an impossibilty to get a story that doesn’t relate to another sci-fi show in some way, and you have to be a risk taker to invent originality as was the case with Lexx, but at least it did try.
Maybe less is good for now, let the dust settle and maybe we will see something new that while might be unoriginal, might just give the public the taste for sci-fi again, at the moment the market is saturated with abysmal shows like Mutant X and Farscape, and it could well be the case that most viewers are tedious of seeing so much rubbish coming from the world of Sci-Fi.
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Originally posted by Dragula:
It was aired in 1997 I think…in Sweden.The show was about a group of men and women who were soldiers. They fought some alien race who were kind of silver like…
Rod Rowland(the dude who was in the first seasons of Pensacola, wings of gold) was in it.
Some of the people were called In Vitro, they were kind of like clones.
The title was something like: Earth Above and Beyond or something…
I cant really remember much else that i can write…..
Yep, it was Earth: Above and Beyond, a very shortlived sci-fi programme akin to starship troopers (but without the bugs!!!), there was one invitro soldier who wasn’t trusted to begin with, as they did’nt like the idea of a test tube soldier.
They weren’t really clones, but genetically modified super soldiers which everyone despised and the people who made them chose to forget them.
I think it only lasted two seasons, and I might be wrong but I think someone like Chris Carter (X-Files) was a producer or something like that.
ADM
