DalekTek790
Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
quote:
Originally posted by Catalina:
I thought that was Beltane (which the Christians made into Easter, taking out all the sex and therefore, all the fun [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] ). Are they the same thing?
May Day is from Beltaine in Celtic beliefs, Þrimeolce was the Théodish variation. Easter was Éastre in Théodish.
quote:
Originally posted by Aleck:
Walpurgis Night (or Walpurgisnacht) is the Germanic witches’ sabbath held on May 1 (the name comes from the Catholic festival which is held on St. Walpurgis’ canonization date of May 1, 779…it’s part and parcel of the Christian church’s tradition of replacing pagan festivals with “holy days” and renaming them.
That’s interesting. My source for Walpurgis Night is [i]The Book of Fabulous Beasts[/i]. It describes “Walpurgis-Night” as the folk belief that on one night of the year witches would fly around stealing unbaptized enfants. They were said to congregate on a mountain top and sacrafice the children to the Devil, then drink their blood and roast and eat their flesh. The book makes no mention of a basis on any real holiday.
quote:
Originally posted by Squishy:
You must be reading someone else’s post then, I don’t agree with you on many things, the main being your lack of understanding when it comes to your attitude problem.
You said that HDS and the predecessors were once good, so how do you work out that me saying a cold, but sensible HDS means him being good?
You carry on with your deluded ideas, you are in the minority with your theories on this board, and you reached the stage of eccentric mad professor long before your time.
Almost everything you say contradicts the Lexx storyline and other’s perception of the story, Aleck is correct in saying that your imagination plays the most part in your theories, so if your gonna use your imagination to dream up plotlines, then state it in your posts, instead of maintaining that what you say is fact…I will certainly get off your back if you did, but then you never get the message.
Just for once try and see thing’s from the other side of the fence, you are wrong so often, but you never want to admit, and even though you believe you do admit it, you very rarely do.
No doubt you will see this as another attack, instead of some advice on the manner of your posts as is intended.
..And speaking of sadistic personalities, hello, Squish. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] I will repeat my question: What are we arguing about? What, of the things I’ve written under this topic, do you not agree with? You’ve not made that clear.
My thesis here is: [b]His Divine Shadow was a reasonable and logical antagonist until his essence entered an uncleansed human host.[/b] You seem to agree with that, but say you disagree with what I’m saying. What do you disagree with? I don’t understand. [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
And four of the five theories that have been concluded (as opposed to the ones we don’t know are right or wrong) have been correct. That’s an 80% accuracy rate. That’s pretty good. You might not understand as a casual [i]Lexx[/i] fan, but when I start following a sci-fi series, like [i]Star Trek[/i], [i]Doctor Who[/i], or [i]Lexx[/i] I get [b]really[/b] into it. I notice the subtle nuances of [i]Lexx[/i] that more casual viewers overlook.
And will you stop saying I’m arrogant?!? [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img] You have no basis for that statement. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] Now let’s turn this from an argument back into a discussion.
quote:
Originally posted by Catalina:
Whoa…how long did it take you to put all this together?
*imagines the time and knowledge it must take to write a quiz like that, then adds Dalek to the list of people who’s brains she is going to steal and keep in jars on her desk so they can do all her thinking for her*
I worked on it for a few minutes at a time over a period of several weeks. I myself would only get about 100 out of 111 questions right without the online research I did. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
quote:
Originally posted by Theli:
Not bad, not bad at all. Must have taken alot of time to find this information…
Not that long, actually. I typed it up when I ran out of homework the other day. I decided to do it when I found out Lyekka was a real name (I always assumed it was made up by the Beans [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] ). I’d already known the Japanese connection to Kai and Yottskry, and the [i]Walpurgin Night[/i] names are all fairly self-evident.
By the way, Walpurgis Night is [b]not[/b] made up. It is a genuine part of ancient superstition, going all the way back to witch trial times.
My favorite season four episode is [i]Texx Lexx[/i]. The part with Zev and the yokels wasn’t that great, but I loved Dr. Longbore and the Shadow Society! [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img] I can’t wait ’til the next episode featuring them! [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
quote:
Originally posted by Aleck:
This is the *very* first time that DT has *ever* quoted evidence to support his theory, and as I suspected, it’s pretty shaky evidence to begin with. You’ve said everything I would have said, and better. As you’ve said, the only thing I think his being placed into an unclean human host resulted in was that it allowed him to make extremely grave errors that allowed him to be killed. It didn’t make him *evil*, as he already *was*…all of the plans he had set into motion up to that point can be characterized as evil, and the influence of the host mind just allowed him to be more *insane.* His plans were no longer hidden well behind veils of lies and deceit, their exposure is now risked because of the irrational actions of this HDS.
And, need I add that as usual, the evidence provided by DT is, for the most part, *speculation*? Which means that once again, a theory of his is being built upon gossamer. There’s no substance.
Oh, never listen to ol’ Lee. He’s off his rocker, sein’ Insects. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] I’m sick of this shabby treatment! My opinions are just as valid as the next man’s, and my theories are all [b]based on the most logical interpretation of events and dialog[/b] on the show. You’re just too busy contradicting and misrepresenting me to seriously consider my points. I’ve brought all this up before, but you dismissed it out of hand.
quote:
Originally posted by Squishy:
DT, seems to think we miss all that goes on in Lexx and states the obvious.
It’s apparently not that obvious since Aleck missed it completely.
quote:
Yes we know that HDS last incarntion was affected by the bad job the clerics made of the new body’s cleansing, and that HDS insect essence changed from being a cold, but sensible villian, into a sadistic, warped HDS.
[b]Then what are we arguing about!?![/b] In this post you essentially agree with everything I say then insist I’m still wrong.
quote:
Originally posted by Sgt. Draino:
Actually, my impression was that the incomplete cleansing has left this particular Divine Shadow 75% bonkers. It’s not really killing with any purpose, it’s just killing for the sake of killing.
That’s what I say. We’re pretty much in agreement, here. His Shadow as the Divine Order leader was never the nicest of guys. He just had a logical plan for rebuilding his race and punishing the race that conducted the genocide. Then he was like the Cyber Leader, honorable and coldly logical. But then he hooked up with the psycho bald tatooed Lex Gigeroff host. Then he became like the Davros, unstable and sadistic.
quote:
The nutty HDS was essential to making the story work. A normal HDS would have never allowed Heretics to board the Lexx so easily, would never have put the Predecessors on the Lexx, and would have sent every Divine Assassin he had after them EXCEPT the Last of the Brunnen-G. In short, if HDS hadn’t been so nutty, our heroes never could have pulled off their escape, and we’d have no TV show!
Again, complete agreement.
quote:
First off, neither His Shadow nor his Predecessors are “fully Insect.” By this, I mean their agenda is not the same as the Insect agenda. The Insect has “programmed” them with an agenda that will ultimately serve it, but not one that is purely Insect in nature. The Divine Order’s primary goal is conquest of humans, the Insects’ primary goal is the extinction of humans.
His Shadow and his Predecessors are not aware that their essence comes from an Insect, and they don’t really know what the Giga Shadow is. That’s why they spout off the same old answer every time. Programming.
I disagree with that. The Divine Predecessors retein part of the human personality of the hosts, but are mostly Insect. The Cluster, Divine Order, and Insect goals are one and the same, since they were all created by the same person. The only possible difference is in how the public perceives them. I certainly believe all the Divine Shadows knew they were Insects. At least some of the clerics and bio-viziers knew as well. Mantrid seems quite aware that His Shadow was Insect all along, and the clerics knew exactly what the Divine Rebirth was. Some people had to know about the Divine Order’s Insect roots, otherwise the plan couldn’t work. But only an élite sect. Real hush-hush.
quote:
You mean after the Giga Shadow awakes? No, he kills them all because all the Predecessors are still somewhat human. They are human brains, and as a completely reborn Insect, his agenda became to destroy all human kind.
Another disagreement. The brains were more fully Insect than him. They knew the original agenda, and the original agenda had all them being assimilated into the Giga Shadow. That’s why they’re so glad he’s come. After the essence entered an uncleansed human host, the remaining host part was inextricably bonded to it. That’s why the Insect in [i]The Giga Shadow[/i], the disembodied essence in [i]Mantrid[/i], and Dr. Longbore in [i]Texx Lexx[/i] (okay, that last one is sort of speculative, but the others illustrate my point) were voiced by Walter Borden. The characteristics from the last host were carried with the essence, and could only be diluted by the passage into later Divine Shadow hosts, which never happened because of the premature Divine Cleansing.
quote:
He tried to speed up the process of the Divine Rebirth because the Insect hibernating inside the Cluster made him. The Insect knew the Lexx was in the hands of its enemies, and wanted to be on the move asap, before the Lexx could come along and blow it up.
I don’t think the Insect body made him do anything. I don’t think it knew anything. Mantrid said an Insect without essence was like a computer without programming. The Insect body didn’t think, it didn’t feel, it had no self-awareness or consciousness. Only its involuntary systems were functional. It was dormant. All the thoughts, memories, everything were in the Gigeroff/Borden brain. It wasn’t ready to be reborn, but was forced into coming out prematurely by the psychotic Divine Shadow. The power to destroy whole planets is insignificant compared to the awesome might of the Giga Shadow. The Lexx was for assisting the essence in its human host. It was of no use or threat after the Divine Rebirth. His Shadow just wanted revenge.
quote:
Hence, HDS was “good” for a few minutes, while the essence was still inside a brain of which the evil section was destroyed. But after Kai crushed the brain, and the essence left, back to total evil Insect again.
I didn’t quite understand that scene, but I’m pretty sure it was a ruse.
quote:
Did Jeffrey Hirschfield play the voice of Kai-killing HDS? I didn’t know that! He did a really good job! In some ways, I like that HDS voice even better than Walter Borden!
I’m not sure if Jeff was actually in the suit, but that was definately his voice in the [i]Fore Shadow[/i] scene and the brain conversation. The great thing about Jeffrey Hirschfield is none of his voices sound alike! You’d never notice the Divine Shadow in 790, the 790 in the Divine Predecessor, or either in the Potataho’en astronaut. Still, I think Walter Borden is one of the greatest vocal actors of all time. As His Divine Shadow/Dr. Longbore he sounds part Avery Brooks, part James Earl Jones, and part Stephen Hawking. Then as the Wozard he has a completely different voice that you would never recognize as His Shadow unless you knew it was the same vocalist. I know it didn’t make a bit of sense having Walter as the voice in [i]Brigadoom[/i], but I like him there anyway. It’s dramatic liscense. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
quote:
Originally posted by Zarathustra:
I am curious as to what your beliefs are that make you think such impossible, when they are quite a few who’d debate you on the matter.
After the Big Crunch when our entire universe is collapsed into a tiny black hole, it’s quite conceivable that the micro-universe will then explode again in another Big Bang. However, given all the variables, it is infinitely improbable that the new universe will repeat the development of the last universe. The new Big Bang would form galaxies with stars and planets and life and civilizations, but they would be [b]different[/b] galaxies and stars and planets and life and civilizations. There isn’t any force that says things [b]have[/b] to happen a certain way, the formation and evolution of a universe is governed only by the laws of physics.
I’m not sure how pleased the topic originator is over this thread’s change in discussion. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
[ 01-10-2001: Message edited by: DalekTek790 ]
Thank you, Hypatia.
Kai is also a Bajoran religious figure, a knight in one version of Arthurian legend, and the Greek word for “and.” But I don’t think they’re all relevent. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] I don’t know Hebrew, so I can’t tell you what “kai” means in that language. Maybe F.X. would know.
You’re not taking my interpretation seriously. Here is an excerp from [i]Lexx 1.1: I Worship His Shadow[/i] that illustrates my point-
Divine Predecessor: Divine Shadow today is a dark day for Heretics and infidels throughout our universe. The Lexx will soon be fully grown and you will be able to send it on its voyage bringing destruction upon all those who would oppose the League of 20,000.
Divine Shadow: How will we know which planets shelter enemies of order, which planets are to be chosen for destruction.
Divine Predecessor: That will be your task.
Divine Shadow: Then my task is complete, I choose to destroy them all.
Divine Predecessor: That has not been our plan.
Divine Shadow: Divine Predecessors, [b]I am formed from you, but my host brain was not fully cleansed and therefore I am also partly formed from humans, I will choose my own path[/b] and I choose that I myself will command the Lexx on its voyage of destruction.
Divine Predecessor: How about the prophecy.
Divine Shadow: I have no patience for your ancient superstitions. The Brunnen G have been extinct for over two thousand years.
Divine Predecessor: The Divine Shadow must never leave the Cluster unless there is great peril. We need each other’s strength.
Divine Shadow: I agree Divine Predecessors, I will not risk being separated from your wisdom and guidance. As you will join me on my voyage.
Divine Predecessor: The prophecy is upon us!
The humanized Shadow deviates considerably from the plan laid down by his (fully Insect) predecessors. [b]He’s opposing his former self![/b] He’s willing to destroy 20,000 planets containing his own subjects just to kill a few Heretics on one planet. As an Insect, he logically considered that wasteful and was ready to conduct an investigation to determine the Heretics’ exact planet of origin, and not take any hasty and irrational action. The Divine Predecessors are quite shocked by the humanized Shadow’s change of plans. He also broke [b]his own rules[/b] by leaving the Cluster and putting the Predecessors on board the Lexx. He even [b]let Heretics steal the most powerful weapon in the two universes[/b] just to show that the brains were wrong. He later killed them all, even though he was in effect killing a part of himself and would lose his purer Insect thought processes.
He makes another hasty decision in initiating the Divine Cleansing early just so he, and not a cleansed being, would be the ultimate Divine Shadow. That led to his own downfall, since the Insect body wasn’t ready to emerge. The new Divine Shadow clearly displayed signs of unstable personality.
The Hirschfield Divine Shadow was like a Cyberman. He didn’t really [b]want[/b] to kill Kai. He just, for some moral or obsessive-compulsive reason felt that he [b]must[/b] kill Kai to make things right. The Gigeroff Divine Shadow [b]liked[/b] killing humans. He ordered two of [b]his own loyal followers[/b] to kill each other! Then, he tries to destroy the Lexx and its crew out of spite, even though they couldn’t destroy him. His mission, laid down by the other Divine Shadows going back to the original Insect survivor was to build a new Divine Insect Order after the Cleansing with the Giga Shadow’s larvae and pieces of his essence. The Lexx was irrelevent. Still, he went out of his way to destroy it, the Divine Predecessors, and the human crew slowly. He had a sadistic personality.
Finally, if the entry into an uncleansed human host [b]didn’t[/b] affect his personality, why was the scene there? If it really didn’t mean anything then it wouldn’t have been written, or would’ve been cut to leave room for relevent dialog and action. Its existence proves its importance.
I don’t want another argument here. You just have to realize that this [b]is[/b] a factor in His Divine Shadow’s actions in the movies.
[ 01-10-2001: Message edited by: DalekTek790 ]
Heh heh, Tony Dow directed [i]Rising Star[/i]. “I hope you all learned an important lesson from all this…” [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
I watch [i]Leave it to Beaver[/i]. It’s a good, wholesome traditional show.
By the way, I figured that title would get your attention. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
That’s my point. It’s been implied that His Divine Shadow was good as an Insect. He didn’t act very evil until his essence was passed into the uncleansed human host. I think that was the Beans’ was of saying the enemy isn’t always the “other.”
This whole cycle of time thing was a real original idea. I don’t think [b]anything[/b] other than [i]Lexx[/i] has ever had time end then begin again in a continuous loop. [i]Doctor Who[/i], [i]Star Trek: The Next Generation[/i], and [i]The X-Files[/i] have all had time loop episodes, but they never suggested that [b]all[/b] of time is a cycle. Of course it’s impossible, but it’s a neat idea.
Thanks, X. Yeah, I knew the doc was Lex. Are you sure the director wasn’t the same guy? Both professions seem to be in the same “area.” [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
That’s funny, a friend of mine (who calls herself a Dwarfer) said that [i]Holly[/i] was in [i]Tomb Raider[/i]. [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
It looks like you fixed most of them. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] The only one I can’t access today is the “robot head” topic. [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
quote:
Originally posted by Squishy:
JJ, please ignore Dalektek790, he can be a bit nasty when he wants too, and every forum always has someone like him (well you know, kinda like Free and Xev’s Left nipple).
Anyway he’s harmless, so just ignore him when he get’s like that.
How can you say those slanderous things? [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img]
I have feelings too, you know. I’m not [i]completely[/i] unemotional. I [b]don’t[/b] post things that are intentionally offensive or insulting, there’s just a limit to how polite I’m willing to be to rude people. Why do you keep trying to start battles? [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]quote:
Originally posted by Squishy:
And you are only thwarting Dr.Dalektek’s evil plans…so you can impose your own.
Why do you cast me as the villain? [img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] I’m the nice guy here. (Of course 2 out of 3 of my eponyms are evil characters [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] ).
Aleck-Dr. Rainbow was the sadistic surgeon who tried to emasculate Stan in [i]Tunnels[/i]. I heard he was going to be reincarnated as a filmmaker in [i]Fluffdaddy[/i]. I missed the episode, and I was wondering if that actually happened and what the his new form was like.
Elmey-Don’t forget [i]Eating Pattern[/i]. Such sweet shapes! [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]
Sgt. Draino, N.B.-1, Squish-In his life, Kai was noble, wise, virtuous, and moral. I don’t find his behavior in [i]Brigadoom[/i] to be at all unusual.
quote:
Originally posted by Squishy:
I think the beans have somewhat been influenced by the storyline of The Phantom Menace, The Time Prophet could be seen as similar to Anakin Skywalker, good turning to evil, except in this case TP didn’t have a choice.
Naw, His Divine Shadow is Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. They’re both a great warrior who became the figurehead of an evil organization after his people were killed. Plus they’re both cool guys in black voiced by black guys. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
The Time Prophet is more like Obi-Wan or Yoda. Or perhaps the nameless prophets who wrote the Journal of the Whills.
quote:
Originally posted by :
Sorry, I didn’t mean to kick off some kind of war between you guys, just putting stuff straight.
It’s okay, you didn’t start anything. For some reason the bullies of this board have chosen me to pick on. [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
I was going to e-mail the answers, but my e-mail system wasn’t working right.
D was the answer to the old #49. I changed the question but apparently forgot to change the answer. I’ve edited the answer post now. The answer to #46 is correct, here is my verification.
I think he means he’s read the scripts but not seen the episodes yet. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
You’ll have to excuse Squishy here, he’s a little slow. [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] Once I posted saying I was a Sci-Fi Channel exec and he thought I was serious. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
I posted the answers before, but the post didn’t “stick.” So here they are again:
[b]I.[/b]
1. I
2. G
3. D
4. H
5. J
6. B
7. C
8. E
9. A
10. F[b]II.[/b]
1. G
2. O
3. L
4. K
5. I
6. H
7. B
8. C
9. M
10. E
11. J
12. F
13. N
14. A
15. D[b]III.[/b]
1. Z
2. S
3. A
4. F
5. V
6. U
7. R
8. C
9. T
10. I
11. L
12. W
13. K
14. X
15. B
16. E
17. Q
18. N
19. Y
20. O
21. H
22. G
23. P
24. M
25. D
26. J[b]IV.[/b]
1. I
2. J
3. E
4. C
5. H
6. L
7. O
8. N
9. F
10. K
11. M
12. G
13. D
14. B
15. A[b]V.[/b]
1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. D
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. C
14. D
15. C
16. B
17. B
18. A
19. B
20. A
21. C
22. D
23. C
24. B
25. C
26. A
27. C
28. C
29. A
30. D
31. C
32. B
33. A
34. B
35. D
36. C
37. D
38. A
39. B
40. C
41. D
42. A
43. C
44. B
45. D
46. A
47. B
48. C
49. B
50. A[ 28-09-2001: Message edited by: DalekTek790 ]
quote:
Originally posted by Aleck:
“In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, lived a strange race of people: the Druids. No one knows who they were…or…what they were doing…”
[b]THE DRUIDS WORSHIPPED HIS SHADOW![/b]
Don’t get our hopes up like that! [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img] What kind of a sick freak are you, posting stuff just to mess with people? [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
[i]Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-tellykelly![/i] [img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]
That’s some juicy info! Cycle of time? Series end? 790 smash? Las Vegas? Whoa.
I’m surprised and saddened by the statement that the show will be ended after the fifth season regardless. [i]Lexx[/i] has so much more potential!
And I object to the remark that most [i]Lexx[/i] fans are Goths or fetishists. I think that guy got [i]Lexx[/i] mixed up with [i]Buffy the Vampire Slayer[/i]. Lexxians are just like Trekkies and Whovians-[i]nerds[/i]. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
quote:
Originally posted by Aurora:
How’s school goin’, DT?
Pretty good. Just the other day I got moved from temporary housing to a permanent room assignment. So now I have the Internet and cable, so I can talk to you guys again and watch [i]Lexx[/i]. I had to miss [i]Vlad[/i] and [i]Fluffdaddy[/i], so all I know about recent [i]Lexx[/i] developments comes from summaries posted on this board.
Since I got here I haven’t found much time for online chat (or T.V., or books, or writing, or girls, or any of the other things that I used to entertain myself in Davenport [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] ). The Board looks pretty much the way I left it, though I am a bit overwhelmed by the new leviathan topics. I also can’t access some of the threads. Has anyone else had this problem? There might be posts about that, but I haven’t read everything new.
Not to get too far off topic (since I started it and want it perpetuated [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] ), I would say the Lyekka in [i]Garden[/i] was the lovely Trinflower, except for one thing. Fire and Water are described as the repository for [b]human[/b] souls. Giggerota and Kai (the living part) were, after all, still human (just near-human or trans-human or quasi-human or whatever sci-fi jargon you want to use). The cities we saw on the two planets were populated entirely by humans. This leads me to believe that Insects, Web/Net/Spider/freakythings, and other sentient alien species have other afterlives on other planets. The only exception is Lyekka. The Lyekka in Garden City has plant-like characteristics, but that could be just because she was created from Stan’s mind, and he thought of her as a plant after the bittersweet Trin stole her form. On the other hand, Garden-Lyekka wasn’t just [b]there[/b], the gardeners intentionally “grew” her in Garden City. Perhaps they transferred her soul temporarily from whatever planet Trin souls occupy.
The name “Trin” comes from [i]The End of the Universe[/i]. When plantygirl’s pod gets damaged, she says something like “Trins need pods to survive.” I can’t remember the exact phrase, but she identifies her people as Trins. She might’ve said Tren or Trana or something like that, I’m not sure. Maybe whoever had the close-captioning that cleared up the “smoochie cat” puzzle can check that out.
Well, it’s getting late and this post is growing to boring length with no nude Louise Wischermann photos to break through the monotony ( [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] ), so I’ll wrap it up now.
Grogs are small yet vicious reptiles bred for use as weapons by the Rym, a race of ill-tempered insectoids that guard all the gates to Natopia Prime. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
No, I don’t have a sane answer. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
quote:
Originally posted by SadGeezer:
I’d love to set it up as THE ULTIMATE SCI FI QUIZ and give prizes etc. What do you think Dalek?
Sounds good, but I think C-Brate had first dibs. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
[i]Amok Time[/i] established that T’Pau was the first Vulcan to serve in Starfleet.
Spock was a science officer, then commander, then captain.
The
Science Fiction
Trivia ChallengeBy Lee Sherman
Match the captain to the space ship.
1. Antilles
2. Blake
3. Gideon
4. Hollister
5. Janeway
6. Kirk
7. Picard
8. Robinson
9. Sheridan
10. TweedleA. Agamemnon
B. Enterprise
C. Enterprise-D
D. Excalibur
E. Jupiter 2
F. Lexx
G. Liberator
H. Red Dwarf
I. Tantive IV
J. VoyagerMatch the alien to the race.
1. Barlennan
2. Chewbacca
3. Cralym
4. Science Officer Dax
5. George Fransisco
6. Herald the Healer
7. Kai
8. Kira
9. Ambassador Kosh
10. Yars Kothek
11. Nyssa
12. Slartibarfast
13. Mr. Spock
14. Willis
15. Lieutenant WorfA. Bouncer
B. Brunnen-G
C. Gelfling
D. Klingon
E. Latööcarfian
F. Magrathean
G. Mesklinite
H. Slash
I. Tenctonese
J. Traken
K. Trill
L. Vacuumorph
M. Vorlon
N. Vulcan
O. WookieeMatch the hero to the quote.
1. Buckaroo Banzai
2. Samuel Beckett
3. David Bowman
4. The Doctor
5. Edward Douglas
6. Kevin Flynn
7. Matthew Gideon
8. Katherine Janeway
9. Jen
10. James T. Kirk
11. Richard Langly
12. David Lister
13. Fox Mulder
14. John Nada
15. Michael J. Nelson
16. Jean-Luc Picard
17. Austin Powers
18. Kyle Reese
19. Ellen Ripley
20. Dutch Shaefer
21. John Sheridan
22. Benjamin Sisko
23. Maxwell Smart
24. Luke Skywalker
25. Stanley Tweedle
26. Peter VenkmanA. “My God! It’s full of stars…”
B. “Is this one of those things where I, like, represent humanity, and if I’m found guilty everybody dies?”
C. “Set a course for home.”
D. “…Take us out past the frontier. Take us someplace better.”
E. “Let’s see what’s out there.”
F. “Our lives are different to anybody else’s, that’s the exciting thing! Nobody in the Universe can do what we’re doing.”
G. “In the meantime, I will do the job I’ve been ordered to do to the best of my ability, sir.”
H. “Get the hell out of my galaxy. Both of you!”
I. “I’m a soldier, not a diplomat. I can only tell you the truth.”
J. “Back off, I’m a scientist.”
K. “I want to believe.”
L. “Less talkin’, more stalkin’.”
M. “You’ll find I’m full of surprises.”
N. “It can’t be bargained with, it can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.”
O. “If it bleeds, we can kill it”
P. “Missed it by that much.”
Q. “Oh, behave.”
R. “The air is human.”
S. “Some things you can change. Some you can’t.”
T. “The prophecy never said anything about this.”
U. “On the other side of the screen it all looks so easy.”
V. “At those times I look about me at my fellow man and I’m reminded of some likeness to the beast people. And I feel as though the animal is surging up in them. And they’re neither wholly animal or wholly man, but an unstable combination of both.”
W. “Look out, Earth, the slime’s comin’ home!”
X. “I came here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and I’m all out of bubblegum.”
Y. “You’ve been in my life so long I can’t remember anything else.”
Z. “There will be an answer, let it be…”Match the author to the science fiction term they coined.
1. Niels Bohr
2. Karel èapek
3. John W. Campbell
4. Manfred Clynes
5. K. Eric Drexler
6. Charles Fort
7. Stephen Hawking
8. Robert A. Heinlein
9. Theodore Maiman
10. Andre Norton
11. John Taine
12. Charles Townes
13. H. G. Wells
14. Norbert Wiener
15. Jack WilliamsonA. Android
B. Cybernetic
C. Cyborg
D. Heat ray
E. Hyperspace
F. Laser
G. Maser
H. Nanotechnology
I. Quantum leap
J. Robot
K. Space suit
L. Teleportation
M. Time stream
N. Waldo
O. Wormhole1. According to the makers of [i]Mystery Science Theater 3000[/i], what is the worst science fiction movie ever made?
A. Barbarella
B. The Robot Monster
C. Monster a Go-Go
D. This Island Earth2. What part of Sil’s anatomy was originally designed for the Alien (H. R. Giger served as art designer for both [i]Alien[/i] and [i]Species[/i])?
A. Cephalic tentacles
B. Pectoral tentacles
C. Dorsal spines
D. Proboscis3. What was author Philip José Farmer’s inspiration for the title creature in his [i]Mother[/i] series?
A. A dream
B. An unusual fungus he found growing on his property one day
C. A painting by Heironymus Bosch
D. His mother4. On [i]Doctor Who[/i], what is Ace’s real name?
A. Dorothy McShane
B. Rachel Cunningham
C. Melanie Bush
D. Perpegillium Brown5. According to the artificial intelligences in both [i]Virus[/i] and [/i]The Matrix[/i], what is man’s classification?
A. Primate
B. Cephalopod
C. Virus
D. Miscellaneous6. The plot of the Henson-Froud film [i]The Dark Crystal[/i] reportedly comes from an early draft of the screenplay for what movie?
A. Wizards of the Demon Sword
B. Labyrinth
C. Time Bandits
D. Star Wars: A New Hope7. Which of the following particles was made up by the writers of [i]Star Trek[/i]?
A. Positron
B. Tachyon
C. Verteron
D. Photon8. Which of the following characters is not a Martian?
A. Willis
B. Rashaverak
C. Mr. K
D. Uncle Martin9. According to [i]The X-Files[/i], what is responsible for Gulf War Syndrome?
A. U.F.O.s
B. A metallic polymer with a genetic logarithm
C. Nanites
D. None of the above10. What real life medical term is named after a science fiction icon?
A. Moreau complex
B. Münchhausen’s syndrome
C. Milgram-Asimov episode
D. Cushing’s disease11. At one point, [i]Star Trek II, III, IV,[/i] and [i]V[/i] all reportedly involved the same historical incident; what was it?
A. The Kennedy Assassination
B. The Roswell Incident
C. The Manhattan Project
D. The Moon Landing12. In George Lucas’ [i]THX-1138[/i], what is the 4EB?
A. An artificial intelligence
B. A robotic garrison
C. A white limbo
D. An electronic labyrinth13. What is the longest running science fiction television series of all time?
A. Star Trek: The Next Generation
B. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
C. Doctor Who
D. Tie between A and B14. Jules Verne’s [i]Mysterious Island[/i] contained characters from what previous novel?
A. The Children of Captain Grant
B. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
C. Five Weeks in a Balloon
D. A and B15. In [i]Star Trek[/i], what is Starfleet’s motto?
A. “Give me a stout ship and a star to steer her by.”
B. “No matter where you go, there you are.”
C. “…To boldly go where no man has gone before.”
D. “Our last, best hope for peace.”16. The essence of His Divine Shadow in [i]Lexx[/i] is a survivor of what interplanetary conflict?
A. Shadow Wars
B. Insect Wars
C. Clone Wars
D. Trade Wars17. What common object was [i]Doctor Who[/i] conceptual artist Raymond P. Cusack’s inspiration for the appearance of the Daleks?
A. Wastebasket
B. Pepper shaker
C. Spoon
D. Iron18. What revelation is made at the end of [i]Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back[/i]?
A. Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father
B. Princess Leia is Luke Skywalker’s sister
C. Han Solo is Luke Skywalker’s brother
D. A and B19. In [i]Lost in Space[/i], what do our heroes discover on board the [i]Proteus[/i]?
A. An insane crew
B. Metallic spiders
C. Shapeshifting goo
D. A hole in time20. In the movie [i]2001: A Space Odyssey[/i] what year did H.A.L. 9000 become fully operational?
A. 1991
B. 1993
C. 1997
D. 199921. What went wrong with Project Quantum Leap in the television series of the same name?
A. Sam emerged from the time stream in the body of one of the scientists working on Project Quantum Leap and tried to alter the conditions so he didn’t get lost in the time stream but in fact initiated the chain of events that caused his getting lost in the time stream in the first place
B. Sam emerged from the time stream at a point in time 0.13 seconds before his departure, and the computer couldn’t handle the excess of data so it sent the Sam that hadn’t been in the time stream into the time stream so he could emerge 0.13 seconds in the past 5 years later
C. An unknown force caused Sam to leap before the systems were calibrated
D. The Project was sabotaged by a group that believed changing the past was immoral22. Which of the following band names is not derived from science fiction?
A. Duran Duran
B. Commander Cody
C. Eve 6
D. The Foo Fighters23. Which of the following characters travelled underground?
A. Peter Wilkins
B. John Daniel
C. Niels Klime
D. Hector Servadac24. What is the true appearance of a Vorlon (from [i]Babylon 5[/i]) under its encounter suit?
A. Insect
B. Cephalopod
C. Angel
D. Devil25. A planned additional installment to what horror movie series would have taken place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland?
A. Friday the 13th
B. Nightmare on Elm Street
C. The Evil Dead
D. Omen26. Watto’s junkyard in [i]Star Wars: The Phantom Menace[/i] contains what familiar object (added by the props department as an inside joke)?
A. A phaser rifle from [i]Star Trek: The Next Generation[/i]
B. A Dalek casing from [i]Doctor Who[/i]
C. A hovercar from [i]Blade Runner[/i]
D. An E.V.A. pod from [i]2001: A Space Odyssey[/i]27. Where does Robert A. Heinlein’s [i]Red Planet[/i] take place?
A. Vallis Marineris
B. Cydonia Mesae
C. Syrtis Minor
D. Noachis Terra28. What is the color nomenclature in the digital world of [i]Tron[/i]?
A. Green is good, orange is evil
B. White is good, black is evil
C. Blue is good, red is evil
D. Yellow is good, grey is evil29. What character in [i]Star Trek: The Next Generation[/i] was planned as a semiregular, but became one of the central characters?
A. Lieutenant Worf
B. Lieutenant Geordi La Forge
C. Commander William T. Riker
D. Counselor Deanna Troi30. What science fiction author took legal action against Brandywine Productions on the grounds that the movie [i]Alien[/i] was a plaigarism of one of his short stories?
A. E. E. Smith
B. A. Merritt
C. John W. Campbell
D. A. E. Van Vogt31. What is the ship’s computer referred to in [i]Blake’s 7[/i]?
A. Zed
B. Zem
C. Zen
D. Zev32. What form of energy powers the subterranean civilization in Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s [i]The Coming Race[/i]?
A. Chi
B. Vril
C. Ley
D. Phlogiston33. What is the disarmament code in [i]Dr. Strangelove[/i]?
A. OPE
B. POE
C. OEP
D. EPO34. In [i]Seetee Ship[/i] (and its sequel, [i]Seetee Shock[/i]) by Jack Williamson, what does “C.T.” (seetee) stand for?
A. Cryptoterrestrial
B. Contraterrene
C. Cybertechnician
D. Ctenological35. In the Tenctonese tongue (from [i]Alien Nation[/i]), what does “Kleezantsun/qo” mean?
A. To see over
B. Demon
C. The touch
D. A and B36. What is the politically correct term for the Underpeople in Cordwainer Smith’s [i]Instrumentality of Mankind[/i] series?
A. Humanoids
B. Homonids
C. Homunculi
D. Humanekas37. Which of the following names was invented by author Clifford Pickover for his novel [i]Chaos in Wonderland[/i]?
A. Navanax
B. Prohaptor
C. Rheobatrachus
D. None of the above38. What stole [i]Red Dwarf[/i] after the fifth season of the television series of the same name?
A. Nanites
B. Scutters
C. Polymorph
D. Holly39. Which of the following dinosaurs were not in [i]Jurassic Park[/i]?
A. Triceratops
B. Stegosaurus
C. Tyrannosaurus Rex
D. Dilophosaurus40. What is the origin of the extraterrestrial signal in [i]Contact[/i]?
A. Sirius
B. Polaris
C. Vega
D. Wolf 35941. On [i]Get Smart[/i], what is Agent 99’s real name?
A. Elouise Miller
B. Susan Hilton
C. Victoria Royale
D. We don’t know42. What sci-fi themed video game series was criticized for its similarity to the [i]Alien[/i] films?
A. Metroid
B. Turrican
C. Overkill
D. Descent43. What conspiracy movie did the United States government reportedly try to censor?
A. Official Denial
B. The X-Files: Fight the Future
C. Independence Day
D. The Arrival44. What is the name of the Martian in [i]My Favorite Martian[/i]?
A. Jozyxqe
B. Nineenert
C. Thrakorzog
D. Ozmodiar45. On [i]Sliders[/i], what was Quinn Mallory trying to invent whan he made the vortex generator?
A. A quantum singularity generator
B. A sonic servo
C. A cloaking device
D. An antigravity generator46. What gland did the monster in [i]The Relic[/i] extract from its human prey?
A. Pituitary
B. Hypothalamus
C. Thyroid
D. Adrenal47. What was the first science fiction movie to use computer graphics?
A. Tron
B. The Black Hole
C. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
D. The Lawnmower Man48. What is the restaurant at the end of the Universe in the Douglas Adams novel of the same name?
A. Bradbury’s
B. Wilbury’s
C. Milliway’s
D. Haddaway’s49. What is the myth-derived name of the genetically engineered virus in [i]Mission: Impossible II[/i]?
A. Charybdis
B. Chimera
C. Griffin
D. Medusa50. According to Neilsen ratings, what is the most popular science fiction series of all time?
A. Star Trek: The Next Generation
B. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
C. Doctor Who
D. Lost in Spacequote:
Originally posted by Squishi:
Oh FX I’m so glad your back, it’s been hell this week without you!!!, you missed all the midweek drama of a new look Sadboard, Dalektek seems to have vanished for good, the damn board crashed again last week and Aurora is sending me her brain to get my little fangs round…ain’t that sweet.
I still get here every so often. I’ll miss [i]Vlad[/i], though, ’cause there’s no cable hookup in my dorm. [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img] So eventually I’ll have to come back here to see the episode summary. [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Kai says Earth is in the darkest part of the Dark Zone. He knows this because his ancestors lived there. Earth is the origin of all evil.
When are we gonna get back to the Children of Vora ([i]Lexx 1.2[/i])?
Hey, this is my 500th post as DalekTek790. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
[ 06-09-2001: Message edited by: DalekTek790 ]
I’ve typed up about 50 multiple choice questions of varying difficulty relating to science fiction literature, film, and television, but I won’t be able to post it until I get an internet connection in my dorm. [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img] So it may be a few weeks but I’ll get it to you and it’ll be good. [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]
quote:
Originally posted by Squish:
Lexxlurker you have to be very careful, many of the ladies on here are like 790, they would kill for Kai, and are very protective of him!!!
Actually, I’ve observed the female Lexxians here to be more like Mandragora, Dravidia, and Muffy. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] I, on the other hand, resemble Kai (except for the part about being popular among the ladies [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img] ).
In case you’re wondering why I have “790” in my moniker (yeah right, like anybody cares [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] ) I wanted it to end with a number, and 790 was the only sci-fi character I could think of with a numeric name.
I don’t find either of them attractive. But I think Xenia Seeberg is a better actress than Eva Habermann, and easier to accept as the character. She also appears to be more attractive to characters and fans than her predecessor. Yes, I did see Xenia before Eva, but I don’t think I’m biased.
——————
“Exterminate!” -Dalek warrior, [i]The Daleks[/i]: Episode 4-[i]The Ambush[/i]
“Feel the power of the dark Crystal!” -skekTek the Scientist, [i]The Dark Crystal[/i]
“I will love you forever!” -drone #790, [i]Lexx 1.1: I Worship His Shadow[/i]
The whole deal with Zev being liquified and cloned always sorta bugged me. I mean, if she was actually cloned from her cellular matter she would look the same. And she wouldn’t have the same brain so she would have no memories. She wouldn’t be Zev (like Ellen Ripley/Specimen 8 in [i]Alien: Resurrection[/i]). But she doesn’t look like the original Zev, she has memories of her previous life, she’s even got an expiration date! [img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] The plasma in [i]Terminal[/i] wouldn’t’ve just juiced her, anyway. Realistically she’d be vaporized. That whole death scene was poorly written as well as pseudoscientific. Of course the Beans sorta threw out science in the third season, so that sort of deviance in now acceptable.
A better opportunity to change actresses would’ve been [i]Woz[/i]. The episode was obviously written before the character was killed off, they could’ve just moved it back and have Eva become Xenia when Zev was retooled with the lusticon. With 790 operating the machine, she could’ve been transformed into anything! I mean, if I were a robot head, I’d trade Eva Habermann for Xenia Seeburg in a second. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] We’re still short a Cluster Lizard scene, but that could be tacked onto any episode. [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Zev doesn’t remember being on Water because the writers screwed up. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
——————
“Exterminate!” -Dalek warrior, [i]The Daleks[/i]: Episode 4-[i]The Ambush[/i]
“Feel the power of the dark Crystal!” -skekTek the Scientist, [i]The Dark Crystal[/i]
“I will love you forever!” -drone #790, [i]Lexx 1.1: I Worship His Shadow[/i]
SadGeezer-The new look is great! [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img] I’m curious: was this adjustment of the Board precipitated by the recent glitches, or was it just time to update?
Flamegrape-Who’s the insect girl? [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
I’m a [i]Futurama[/i] fan. Yeah, Zoidberg is really funny. He’s my favorite character. Zapp Brannigan is a great Captain Kirk parody.
Zapp: We’re headed into an uncharted region of space!
Kiff: It’s not uncharted, you lost the charts!
They even made fun of [i]Lexx[/i] in the episode [i]Cryonic Woman[/i].
Fry: So, why did you have yourself frozen?
Guy: Well, I wanted to meet Shakespeare, and I figured time was cyclical.
Fry: Nope, straight line.
The hilarity! [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] If I remember correctly, back in the days of the old Board somebody named Lorien tried to get SadGeezer to put up a [i]Futurama[/i] guide. It didn’t work, of course.
All glory to the Hypno-Toad!
——————
Lee P. Sherman, code name DalekTek790
Whovian, Froudian, Lexxian, etc.
quote:
Originally posted by brainplague:
[b]Thanks ever so!I’m very happy people don’t scream at me here, in other places I always get yelled at for not knowing stuff. I don’t even get credit for trying to cure my ignorance instead of perpetuating it.[/b]
Oh, it’s nothing. We’re not prone to pick on newbies, here. Plus, we’re each full of obscure information on several science fiction universes we’re willing to share. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
——————
Lee P. Sherman, code name DalekTek790
Whovian, Froudian, Lexxian, etc.It keeps going on and off like that. One minute it says no one is registered by my name, the next my post goes through just fine. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/confused.gif[/img]
——————
Lee P. Sherman, code name DalekTek790
Whovian, Froudian, Lexxian, etc.I saw the 80s movie. That was bad. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/eek.gif[/img] I saw the 90s miniseries. That was worse. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/eek.gif[/img] [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/eek.gif[/img] I never saw [i]Dune Warriors[/i], though. From watching the movies, I don’t think I’d like the books. I hear there are [b]ten[/b] of them. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/eek.gif[/img] [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/eek.gif[/img] [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/eek.gif[/img]
.
DER GEWUERZ IST DIE WURM
DIE WURM IST DER GEWUERZ——————
Lee P. Sherman, code name DalekTek790
Whovian, Froudian, Lexxian, etc.[This message has been edited by DalekTek790 (edited August 24, 2001).]
quote:
Originally posted by LexxLurker:
[b]”The Brunnen culture came to the Light Universe and conquered the insects. Then they proceeded to domestic the insects. Something very typical of the Light Universe. Even Kais weapon is a result of that adaptation”[/b]
That can’t be serious, because the Kai’s scorpion hook was not from his Brunnen-G body. It was given to him by the bio-scholars, people who naturally work with Insect technology.
Stingers aren’t true Insects. They’re Insect tissue grafted onto a metallic framework. Stingers and the like aren’t true organisms, just organic technology.
For all we know, the Insects themselves were a slave race that turned on their human masters. We have very little information on the Insect Wars, and no idea how they started. It’s even possible (though doubtful) the humans created the Insects in the first place.
——————
Lee P. Sherman, code name DalekTek790
Whovian, Froudian, Lexxian, etc.The Daleks are one of the major antagonists in the British science fiction series [i]Doctor Who[/i]. They are sort of [i]Doctor Who[/i]’s Klingons, and there have been whole books written about them. But to sum it up briefly, they are humanoids (called Dals or Kaleds, depending on which episode you watch) mutated by nuclear war on the planet Skaro. The mutations started out random, but after a while as the centuries went on, a pattern began to emerge. There were still some unmutated Kaleds on another part of Skaro, and one of them, a Nazi-seque scientist named Davros, accelerated the mutations with genetic engineering to create what he considered the perfect race-the Daleks.
The mutated creatures are these ugly little green buggers with tentacles and talons, but they’re rarely seen. Davros made them each these robotic life-support systems that look like big salt shakers with a few metal protubrances. The Daleks are unemotional and programmed to destroy any inferior species. That led to the destruction of the unmutated Kaleds and the near-destruction of the other Skaran race, the Thals. The Thals have their own story, which I won’t get into. In a final irony, they consider their own creator Davros to be an inferior form of life, and ultimately exterminate him.
Anyway, they went on to travel space conquering and destroying for a few millennia before a Dalek civil war (actually there were two) in which two sides each considered the others to be inferior and they exterminated themselves. The Daleks are known for sliding around while bobbing their eyestalks up and down yelling “exterminate!” in mechanical voices with audiBritish accents.
The Daleks were created by [i]Doctor Who[/i] writer and later [i]Blake’s 7[/i] creator Terry Nation in 1963. Their appearance was desidned by Raymond P. Cusack. These abominable and highly popular monsters appeared in the episodes-
The Daleks (Hartnell)
The Dalek Invasion of Earth (Hartnell)
The Chase (Hartnell)
Mission to the Unknown (de Souza)
The Daleks’ Masterplan (Hartnell)
The Power of the Daleks (Troughton)
The Evil of the Daleks (Troughton)
Day of the Daleks (Pertwee)
Planet of the Daleks (Pertwee)
Death to the Daleks (Pertwee)
Genesis of the Daleks (Baker)
Destiny of the Daleks (Baker)
Resurrection of the Daleks (Davison)
Revelation of the Daleks (Baker)
Remembrance of the Daleks (McCoy)…the audio adventure-
Dalek Empire (McGann)
…the novels-
War of the Daleks (McGann)
Legacy of the Daleks (McGann)…and the movies-
Doctor Who and the Daleks (Cushing)
Daleks-Invasion: Earth 2150 A.D. (Cushing)Suffice it to say they have a considerable history, not to mention fan following. I know of two good websites devoted to the Daleks-
The Dalek Extermination Page
The Dalek Webhome——————
“Exterminate!” -Dalek warrior, [i]The Daleks[/i]: Episode 4-[i]The Ambush[/i]
“Feel the power of the dark Crystal!” -skekTek the Scientist, [i]The Dark Crystal[/i]
“I will love you forever!” -drone #790, [i]Lexx 1.1: I Worship His Shadow[/i]
quote:
Originally posted by DalekTek790:
[b]They are parasitic cyborg drones from beyond the rim of the Milky Way.[/b]
I say they’re parasitic because they enter human bodies and use them to their advantage. I say they’re cyborgs because the legs are smooth and shiny like metal and the abdomens are nonreflective and uneven in texture like living tissue. I say they come from beyond the Milky Way because the object at the beginning of [i]Little Blue Planet[/i] did and circumstantial evidence links it to the drones.
quote:
[b]They appear to be based on Insect technology.[/b]
Saying they appear to be Insect, that’s not the same as saying they are Insect. They remind me of insects because they walk on legs that look like those of arthropods and they have an abdomen jutting out of their midsection. Insect-based whould mean the Insect civilization itself, an offshoot of the Insects such as the Divine Order, or a race using Insect technology such as the Brunnen-G.
quote:
[b]They are composed of approximately 20 cm long organic-looking tusken red conical bodies with a propulsion unit and at the wide end and four 30 cm long silver double-jointed arthropoid mechanical legs situated around an optical sensor and propulsion unit.[/b]
That was just a physical description. Tusken red is the closest color I can find to what the conical parts look like. I say they have propulsion units on the part with the eye because in [i]Texx Lexx[/i] we saw them moving the opposite direction of where the eye was (that is, cones forward), and they couldn’t be just moving by inertia since some are seen to turn against the gravity exerted by the Lexx.
quote:
[b]They are parasitic.[/b]
That was a cut & paste error. I end up saying twice that they’re parasitic.
quote:
[b]They bore into the flesh of their terran victims, eventually taking over their brains and turning them into cybernetic zombies. [/b]
The entry into hosts was shown in [i]P4X[/i] and [i]Xevivor[/i]. In [i]Xevivor[/i] we also say one of their optical sensors peeking out of a hole in the skull of an enteched victim. Farley Cuckle referred to them as both “cyborgs” and “zombies.” I think the classification and simile are valid.
quote:
[b]They do look vaguely like carrots, but more like mosquitoes or spiders.[/b]
I say that because when I first saw them in [i]P4X[/i], I was immediately reminded of plant lice (because of the way they carry their abdomens), only with fewer legs. I later compared them with other arthropods, and found them fairly similar to mosquitoes and spiders in general build. Somebody referred to them as carrots before we got a good look at them onscreen. In the close up of them flying at the beginning of [i]P4X[/i] I noticed some similarity bewtween their abdomens and carrots, but I don’t think it is overwhelming.
There, I’ve explained how everything I said was facts based on the episodes. Now, I trust there shall be no more vague allegations of inaccuracies.
——————
Lee P. Sherman, code name DalekTek790
Whovian, Froudian, Lexxian, etc.Hey, maybe in the Insect Wars there weren’t just the humans and the Insects. Maybe there were the Arachnids and the Crustaceans and the Echinoderms and the Cœlentrates and the Cephalopods and the Nematodes and…man, I’d love to write for [i]Lexx[/i]! [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/eek.gif[/img]
“Many years ago, my people led humanity to victory in the war against the Centipede civilization. The legends said several segments escaped the genocide…” [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
——————
Lee P. Sherman, code name DalekTek790
Whovian, Froudian, Lexxian, etc.
